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 This is fiction and just for entertainment.  If sex between a man and girl
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   Life's Changes
By: TheSearch4
Code: Mg

   Chapter 1

   My wife died about 10 years ago.  She came down with a form of breast
cancer that killed two of her sisters as well.  None of them lasted more
than a couple of years after the cancer was found.  This was a shock to me
as Trish was one person I loved dearly.  So much of life I learned from
her. She was the one who taught me about unconditional love.

   That was a way of loving I had never felt before between adults.  Of
course children most of the time treat love this way.  But for adults it
was very unique.

   After Trish died I did my best to help our daughter.  I made sure she
had a home and was comfortable.  The rest of the money from Trish's
insurance was invested in ways to assure the future.  Of course being 58 at
the time meant the future was not far off.

   I had decided to retire at 62.  It was a sure thing I was too old to
consider getting married once more.  Due to being diabetic I also had
sexual function decline.  Or as the TV ads like to call it ED.  So I did go
to see a doctor and did get some help.

   There is a down side to this, as it required I take a shot into the side
of my dick.  The needle had to go into the tube where blood flowed to
harden my cock.  But for doing this I got a hard on that would last for 2-3
hours and often return later.  It did allow for good intercourse.

   Now my problem was intercourse with whom?  I tried a few women younger
than I was and it was OK, but nothing to write home about.  They just did
not enjoy sex the way I did.  So my mind started to turn to younger girls.
It was not hard to find young girls between 6 and 10 who were not happy.

   This new adventure was one that kept me younger than I had been in years
now.  I found several ways to meet these girls.  One was by dating their
mothers once or twice.  The other was just sitting in a park and watching
children play.  Unhappy girls did not play with groups of other children.
They would sit and watch others play.

   In building my new life I bought some land well out of the city.  It was
wooded and easily allowed a nice trailer to be set on it.  I bought a nice
3 bedroom trailer, set up a septic tank and well system.  I set up a small
wind power generator and sold extra power to the utility.  The wind was
always pretty good on the spot where I set it up.  This caused my power
bills to actually be zero most months and to get checks back from the power
company almost every month.

   I set up an electric gate at the drive into my place.  It was not easy
to get to from the main road without coming through the gate.  I did use a
couple of guard dogs to keep me warned of any approaching people or
vehicles.  My fences were wired to let me know if they had been cut or
climbed.  So get on to my fifty acres of land was hard.

   The total cost for this was just under seventy thousand dollars.  I had
two wood stoves in the house one in a fireplace and the other in the
kitchen.  With all the wood around me it would have been stupid not to
cover some of my heat bill this way.  The woods was cool most of the summer
months so air-conditioning was not often used.  That is except rainy days
and very hot ones.  Then it was used mostly at night for sleeping.

   My general design for my hideaway was complete.  I did post my land and
place trespassing signs around the land.  For entertainment I had a small
barn with two horses for riding the land.  They also allowed me to hunt off
the back of a horse for deer.  Meat would always be important and my
freezer was large.

   For sure I had no reason to starve my guests.  I did take the smallest
bedroom and secure it so no one could leave without breaking a window.  I
was sure I would hear a window breaking.  There was a lock on the outside
of the door to assure no one walked out.  But the furniture was nice and
sheets, blankets where there and as sizes were known clothing would be
provided.

   Everything was in as good a shape as I could for now see.  For the past
month I had seen no one on the property at all.  My mailbox was checked
each day and collected.  I made no more than one trip a week into the city.
This was sometime for food and others for looking for a girl.

   It was a nice Saturday afternoon and I sat in a park next to a Burger
King.  There was a small pond and bridges over the water.  I saw a girl
sitting way back in the park and not watching anyone.  You even from where
I was could see she was not happy.  She appeared to be around 9 or 10.

   So as not to cause any concern I slowly walked around to where she was
taking the long way.  Watching from the corner of my eyes I saw she did not
see me.  I walked over to her and looked down.  Her brown hair looked dirty
and not well taken care of.

   "Young lady why do you look so unhappy?" Now to wait for her response.

   She looked up at me and I could see pain in her eyes.  "No one wants me
and I feel bad."

   I squatted down and looked her in the eyes.  "I would love to have
someone as sweet as you.  But that would have to be a choice you made not
me."

   The girl looked closely at me and I could see questions in her eyes. 
"Why would you want me?"

   "I live alone and have no one.  It is very lonely living by yourself and
having no one to talk with or share life with."

   This brought a funny look from the girl.  "Why do you live alone?"

   "My wife died a few years ago and I have no family here.  I communicate
with my nephew and step-daughter on the Internet, but they live far away."

   Now the look was very different.  I don't know what she was thinking,
but you could see she was.  "You know I might not be someone good to make
you happy?  I am so unhappy I'm not sure I could make anyone happy."

   "Well why don't we talk about it and see what happens?"

   I could see the girl was not scared and she was interested in talking.
"What can we talk about?"

   "Anything you would like to talk about.  I would be interested in why
your so unhappy?"

   The girl considered this for a time.  "My mother has told me she wishes
I had never been born.  If she could give me away she would and then live
her life.  She does not buy me much clothing and I am often hungry, as she
does not spend much on food.  For once in my life I would like to know what
it is like to be loved." That came out in a rush.

   I sat back and considered her comments.  "I don't know what to say to
you except your someone who deserves to be loved."

   The girl sat up looked at me and hugged me.  "That is the nicest thing
anyone ever said to me."

   Just feeling her arms around me felt good.  "Would your mother be
willing to give up responsibility for you to someone else?"

   "I don't understand what your saying?"

   "Well would she give me legal custody of you?  I could never adopt you
due to the laws, but becoming your legal guardian should not be a problem.
I do have a good attorney."

   She considered this for a time.  "I think she would, but what would you
want from her?"

   "Just to stay away from you and leave you alone."

   That hit her hard and you could see it.  "What would you want from me?"

   "I would hope one day you might learn to love me as I know I will you.
But company and someone to talk with would be nice for a start."

   Once more this was not what she expected.  "If she agrees when could I
come live with you?"

   "Lets see if she is willing and then you can pack and move today."

   That really floored her.  "But you don't even know my name."

   "I was sure you would tell me when you were ready.  Life has many
questions and if you wait they tend to get answered."

   A small smile broke out on her face.  "I have never had anyone willing
to wait for me to answer them.  My name is Kimmi and what is yours?"

   "I am John and happy to meet you Kimmi.  Now we need to talk with your
mother.  Would you prefer talking with her by yourself or would it be
better if I was there?"

   She considered this and decided as well as I was dressed she needed to
do the talking.  Other wise her mother would try to sell her.  "I will go
up and see her.  Once I have an agreement I will pack the few things I have
and come down to the car."

   I went to the library and typed up a document transferring custody to me
and agreeing to make it legal and final.  This I gave to Kimmi for her
mother to sign.  My attorney would handle the final document.

   The wait in the car seemed like hours.  But in under an hour Kimmi was
back with two trash bags.  This it seemed was her total belongings.  She
handed me the signed document and took her seat.  I could see a smile
starting on her face.  I bent down and kissed her.

   This caused a shock to cloud her face.  "Why did you do that?"

   "I just felt like it and it seemed the right thing to welcome you into
my life."

   "I have never had anyone kiss me before and you know I liked it."

   "Kimmi love has many ways of showing up.  Kisses, hugs and the likes are
a couple of those.  Love is a very deep feeling and it shows up many ways.
There are also many kinds of love and you will need to learn to deal with
them."

   This seemed like a tidal wave to her.  "What do you mean many kinds of
love?"

   "Well there is the love a father has for a daughter, what a woman has
for a man or a friend for a friend.  Each is different and has different
ways of showing itself."

   This caused her to consider something she had not known before.  I
stopped at Wal-Mart and we went inside.  First we went to girls clothing
and got her some more clothing, both for school and around home.  Then I
went to the toys department and found a doll and other things to play with.


   Kimmi just could not believe my doing this.  "You know I have never had
a doll?  No one has ever bought me so many toys or clothes.  Why are you
doing this?"

   "I want you to be happy dear.  Life for you has taken a change for the
better at lease I hope you feel that way."

   She was very quite for the rest of the time.  The whole trip cost me
less than $500, so it was not a big expense.  I loaded the car and headed
to home.  Here eyes almost popped when we went through the gate.  By the
time we got to the trailer she was looking everyplace.

   "This is just so beautiful John.  How much land do you have?"

   "We have fifty acres of timber land here.  I have a small tractor and
try to keep the brush down.  But I also have two horses and after we get
the food and your stuff in they must be fed and watered.  They are always
to be considered first food wise."

   After getting the food in I showed her, her room.  It was very much a
girl's room and she seemed pleased.  She hung her clothing up or placed it
in drawers.  Then came out and met the horses.

   This was something she had never considered.  She was going to learn to
ride and care for a horse.  "Are you going to teach me how to care for
them?"

   "Of course and Billy here will be your horse.  He is a gelding and will
be very gentle."

   "What is a gelding?"

   "Kimmi how old are you?"

   "I am nine years old why?"

   "Well you have not yet had sex education in school.  A male horse that
has had his balls cut off is a gelding and that makes him neither male nor
female.  He cannot produce babies by sexual intercourse as he has no balls
to produce semen.  So he will not try to breed a mare when she is heat. 
One day I would like to have several mares and one stallion for breeding
them."

   That took some time to think about.  "Why did they cut off his balls?"

   "Well it clams down an animal a great deal.  They never have bad days
like mares and stallions do.  For you that is the very best type to learn
on.  We will try to ride three or four times each week so you can learn."

   That seemed to please her.  "Do they do that to humans?"

   "Many years ago they did that to young boys.  But today that does not
happen.  It was done then to stop people owned by the powerful from siring
children with their ladies.  This was most common in Asia where a man might
have hundreds of wives."

   This was very far beyond Kimmi's knowledge base.

   "Now we need to go in and start some dinner.  I made some beef stew
yesterday and we will warm it up if you like that."

   She had never been asked before if she liked something.  "I eat almost
anything John.  No one ever asked me if I liked something before.  But I
love beef stew and that sounds good."

   Well there was no reason to tell her it was both beef and deer meat.  I
ground my deer with fresh hams to make my sausage taste better.  Spices
were added to even make it more different.  So she would, never catch that.

   I started to warm up the stew and started bread as garlic toast in the
oven.  The kitchen smelled good and Kimmi liked the odors.  Right now the
house was cool and felt good.  After dinner I would e-mail the agreement to
the attorney and get that started.

   We ate watching the satellite TV channels and not saying much.  I was
sure Kimmi needed time to process all that had happened.  For a nine year
old she was doing remarkable to this point.

   After dinner she helped me clean the kitchen and start the dishes from
the day.  I went to my small office and scanned the agreement and e-mailed
it to the attorney.  Specific instructions were given in the body of the
e-mail.

   "What are you doing John?"

   "I just sent my attorney the agreement and instructions.  This is
something I don't want to let set too long.  Your mother may not find life
so good after your gone.  So we need to be sure she does not change her
mind."

   Kimmi looked at me with a very odd expression.  "She can't change her
mind."

   "Honey people change their minds all the time.  I just don't want that
to happen to you."

   "She cannot change her mind or I will go to the police."

   "I guess I don't understand?"

   "She gave me to one of her boy friends and he had sex with me against my
will.  They were both drunk and I kept the underpants stained with blood
and semen.  They are in my room here."

   That hit me hard and fast.  "The bitch.  It is one thing if you want to
have sex, but another if someone forces you.  At your age your not allowed
to have sex, but if that is what you want I see no harm done.  But for some
drunk to fuck you is wrong.  A young lady your age needs someone who will
make love to them and stop if it is too painful."

   Kimmi considered this statement and she smiled at me.  "You like young
girls don't you?"

   "I like younger girls than I am Kimmi.  Now they could be your age or
even a lot older.  But I believe in what is called unconditional love. 
That is very different from normal love in that it is always giving.  Most
people are either takers or givers.  The givers if matched can find
unconditional love.  That is if they give without expecting a return.  But
most people expect a return and that just does not work."

   Kimmi sat down on my lap and she was still smiling at me.  "I think you
and I are going to do very well John.  You have asked me for nothing since
I met you.  You have offered and done much for me already.  I have never
felt this way about anyone before.  You have allowed me to help, but never
asked for help.  So I see much of how this type love works."

   "Sweetheart life is far to short to play games all the time.  So if you
can find someone who just wants to make you happy and you feel that way
about them it works.  Now there is no reason for any games."

   "What about school?"

   "There the school tells me what you need and I must supply it.  You will
find I will help you with homework and may see other needs.  My job is to
see you have what you need to be as successful as you can.  If you're a C
student I cannot make an A student out of you.  But with help I may help
you become a B student.  But that is up to you."

   She considered this and it seemed reasonable to her.  "I am really a
pretty good student John.  A lot of my grades fell after the rape, but
before I was really good.  No one at school seemed to notice the grades
falling."

   "Darling I know it and we will get you back up there.  Now I need a bath
and may be some TV time."

   Kimmi seemed to want to ask a question.  "Can I take a bath with you?"

   "Are you sure that is what you want to do?  I don't want to force you
into doing something."

   "John that just is not you to force anyone.  I have things I must face
to get our relationship on track."

   "OK it is your choice and please tell me you birthday?"

   She giggled at this request.  "It was today and you bought out Wal-Mart
for me."

   I lifted her head up and bent down and kissed her.  It was a soft gentle
kiss and conveyed what it was mean to.  Her breathing was considerably
faster after it was over.

   "That was nice John.  I have never felt like that before.  It sent
tingles all over my body.  Would you do that again?"

   I kissed her once more and with a little more passion.  Holding her
tightly around her body and rubbing her back.

   When the kiss was broken she looked at me.  "I am all wet between my
legs John.  Why did that happen?"

   "Well when you get wet down there it is normally because your body is
getting ready for sex.  That is lubrication fluids and would allow a male
to slide his cock inside you.  That is a part of making love dear."

   This seemed to surprise her.  "I was not sure if I would ever want a man
to touch me there again.  It hurt so badly that first time I cried for the
whole night.  I felt like I had been ripped apart."

   "I would think your body was no place near ready for sex.  Of course I
have no idea of how large the mans cock was either.  But if he was very
large and you were fairly dry the pain would have been great.  But sex
under the right circumstances can be wonderful.  But it takes time to allow
it to be that way and preparation as well.  Making love is just that and it
requires effort on yours and your partner's part.  They must be willing to
do whatever it takes to make you feel good."

   She considered this and saw I had been honest with her.  "May we start
with taking a bath together?"

   I walked into the master bath and started water running in the large
garden tub.  It had jets in the sides and was a very nice tub.  We both got
in and I was fascinated with Kimmi's body.  Her tits were just bumps of
nipple and her pussy was larger than I expected.  But the tits were hard as
rocks and her pussy was wet.

   She of course examined me with her eyes.  I of course was flaccid as the
ED was at work.  But I knew a shot would fix that and I had plenty of
those. Tonight was not for full sexual contact as far as I was concerned.
If this went further then she would find out what oral sex was like.  But
that was in her court for now.

   Slowly Kimmi scooted back between my legs and rested her back on me.  I
rubbed her chest and down between her legs and let her enjoy the feelings.
One hand was playing with her nipples and one her clit.  Slowly she started
to have an orgasm.  It built to where she was yelling out her feelings.

   Here little face turned up to me with a big smile.  "I have never felt
anything like that before John."

   "That my darling was an orgasm or some say cumming.  It is when you
bodies feelings load up and give you pleasure."

   "It sure was enjoyable that I can say.  But what causes it to happen?"

   "Well first of all I was playing with your nipples and they are
sensitive.  Second I was playing with you clit and it is very sensitive. 
After a girl has had a couple of good orgasms she is ready for full sex.  T
By then she is well lubricated and very relaxed.  Her vagina is ready to
accept a man cock."

   "But yours is not very big John."

   "True right now, but if I give it a shot it become much larger.  I am
diabetic and therefore have some erectile problems.  So for me to get large
I have to take a shot."

   "Does that hurt you?"

   "Not in the least my dear.  Matter of fact if it is sucked on it also
becomes hard at least for a time.  But I have many options for handling the
problem and may have minor surgery if needed."

   "Could I get pregnant if we had sex?"

   "Are you having periods yet?"

   "What's a period?"

   "It is when once every 28 days a girl bleeds between her legs.  That is
a sign of her ability to have children."

   "Then no I am not having periods yet."

   "Well you nipples are starting to grow and your pussy is starting to
show signs of development so it is not far off.  Just don't be shocked when
it does happen as it is normal."

   We got out and dried off.  She decided not to wear her nightgown and
asked if she could sleep with me.  Of course I had no problem with that.

   Once in bed we snuggled together and I rubbed her pretty little pussy.
Finally I had her roll on her back and kissed my way down to her pussy. 
God did she taste good to me.

   I licked her entire slit and started tongue fucking her.  She went nuts
and was bucking like mad.  If I had not held on to her butt she would have
lost me.  Finally I went for her clit and she exploded.  All I could hear
was don't stop John.  I slowly licked her gently and she came down from her
high.

   "I could never stand to not have your attention of me John.  My God how
could anyone live without the feelings you have given me?"

   "Sweetheart I was just saying I love you.  It makes me happy to make you
feel good."

   "What can I do for you?"

   "Only what you wish to do dear or do nothing at all.  I got my pleasure
from your orgasms.  So really you don't have to do anything."

   "But I want to suck on you.  I just don't know how to do it."

   So I told her the basics and let her go.  Her licking my cock and
sucking it deep into her mouth at first started it growing.  It finally got
big enough she could only take half of it.  She kept going until she
brought me to a climax and she swallowed every bit of it.

   "God John I love the taste of your cum.  I got all wet between my legs
just sucking on your cock.  I think sex is going to be something I really
like.  Are we going to have real sex now?"

   "No right now is a time for learning the many ways we can have sex.  May
be tomorrow we will have vaginal sex, but we will wait and see.  I want you
comfortable before we go there and that may take some time.  But the blow
job you gave me was unreal and made me feel very good dear."

   Kimmi grinned and giggled at that.  "I enjoyed it a lot and want to do
it often now.  But I am sure we can tell no one about what we do here."

   "Your right there as they would take you away from me.  Going to jail
would kill me at my age."

   "I would never do that John.  Never before have I ever felt loved and
you have changed all that.  Just laying here beside you I feel safe and
protected.  That is a new feeling as well.  Having you hold me as we go to
sleep is also new to me.  I like that a lot as well."

   It took no time and both were off to sleep.























   Chapter 2

   The next few days were very busy and John took Kimmi to his lawyers
office to go over the paperwork.  He had a police officer who did part-time
work on paperwork for him and he was to get the signature.  He was told to
get the signature or arrest her and call John to meet him at the jail.  He
was not told why, but he had a good guess.

   Copies of Kimmi's birth certificate and social security card were to be
picked up as well.  The attorney had an idea for getting John named as
father for Kimmi.  Then he could simply get her rights assigned to him.  Of
course that would add a couple thousand to his bill.  But it was a simple
answer to a problem.

   The riding lessons were going well and Kimmi was becoming a good
horsewoman.  She would be able to ride down to the gate each morning and
Billy would be there waiting for her when she came home from school.  He
had fallen in love with her as well.

   The summer was close to over and now life was more of a sure thing for
Kimmi.  She loved John and her life now.  Sex was something she very much
enjoyed and the land was where she loved to live.

   John had sawn up a lot of downed trees for winter wood.  They had more
than enough for winter heat and had added a generator to supply power when
it was needed.  It had been converted to propane gas and a tank was filled
and waiting for it being needed.  A large water tank of ten thousand
gallons had been buried and it was filled with water.  This would be pumped
down the drive under the asphalt to thaw out the road.  So they would never
be locked in there.  Sand and salt was also ready for the tractor to spread
if needed.

   Now both were ready for any possible problem.  Food had been brought in
for the horses and hay was in good supply.  Two freezers were full of meats
and vegetables in sheds.  Plenty of dried foods were also stocked.  Things
like dried potato slices, dried mashed potatoes, rice, beans, spaghetti,
macaroni and the likes.  He had built a smoking shed and kept plenty of
hickory wood ready for using it.  The inside was all metal lined and the
smoke could only escape out the top flue vent.  It had an automatic feeder
to keep the temp right for smoking meat.  He had bought a couple of hogs
and smoked them while learning how well it worked.  Now the sausage and
hams were well cooked, sliced and frozen for future use.

   These were things Kimmi loved to do with John.  What it boiled down to
was they could live for months without buying a thing.  One issue was
income and John solved that by allowing timbering of part of his land.  It
was not clear-cut but selective cut.  For the next five years he would get
$15,000 a year from the cuts.  No stumps would be left in the ground was
part of the agreement.  The back thirty acres was old growth timber.  With
the brush cleaned out trees were doing much better.

   His stream had been damned to allow a small pond and the water was from
a spring.  So fish were available for food if needed.  The stream was a
supply of water also if needed.  The only access to national forest land
was by his property.  So if logging were sold there he would be paid for
the right to access it.  His land had many good points most never saw.

   Kimmi was thrilled with the way things went during the early weeks.  She
had never felt so loved before and so much a part of someone's life.  John
made sure she was included in every decision made.  It did not always go
the way she thought it should, but she understood why.  That was very
different for her as well.

   But the sex was something she loved.  Not just the feelings she got when
John made love to her, but the feelings she gave John as well.  The giving
was new to her as was the receiving of love.

   One day John had come in from checking the sheds and assuring that all
equipment was ready.  It was a Saturday and Kimmi had been reading from a
history book.  She had a school assignment for the weekend and wanted to
finish it quickly.

   "John why is history so important in school?"

   "Well in my mind it is a way to learn from the past.  The dates are less
important than the actions.  But they let you know what the times were like
then.  Man seems to never learn the lessons life has given him.  We fight
war after war and learn little from the loss of life.  In war there are few
winners.  So history teaches us how bad it was before."

   "Then why do we still have people fighting wars?"

   "As I said people just don't learn.  Wars come from economic and
religious reasons mostly.  People fight them to gain financially or to
force others to bend to their religious faith.  Loosing a war will be very
expensive for one side or the other.  But it will also be very expensive
for the winner as well.  But government is about power.  The larger the
government the less power the people have."

   This caused her to stop and think.  "Why do people give government so
much power?"

   "That really is a matter of education Kimmi.  The better educated a
person is the less they want to give government more power.  Just look at
today's economic crash and you see how poorly government acts."

   This had started her really looking at today.  "Could they see this
coming?"

   "Well history showed us the great depression and it was very much like
today.  So yes people had a past history model to look at.  Today's
problems were started by greed, as was the problems of the depression.  It
will not be a fast recovery this time either."

   "Will we survive this time?"

   "Yes love we will as I have set a plan in motion to assure that happens.
But I expect that we will have more people here than just you and me.  I
have purchased 3 more trailers that will be delivered this month.  I won't
waste time with adults, but will take children who can live together.  You
will decide on who we take in here."

   "Why children?"

   "They have the most time to help things change.  Most adults that need
help will be unemployed and we cannot support them.  But I have built a
shed for processing and canning food.  Next year we will grow a large
garden and package the food for winter.  I have a 3 acre plot at the back
of this land for that."

   She was now seeing the changes life would take for them.  "Does that
mean we have to stop loving each other?"

   "Not at all my dear.  People who cannot accept our way of life just are
not welcome.  I expect this down turn to last for 5 or more years before it
starts to get better.  It may be 10 years before we are back to normal. 
But I have purchased a few cattle to graze the land here as well.  They
will supply meat for a time for us as well.  That twenty-acre plot next
door was for sale and I bought it for us.  It is clear-cut and just grass
now.  We should be able to run fifteen cows on it without a problem."

   "Why have you done all of this?"

   "History said it was all coming.  So I planned on it and it happened."

   Now history had some meaning to her.  "Where did history tell you this
was coming?"

   "The stock market was growing wildly and loans were being given to
people who did not qualify for them.  The only sound investment was land
and food.  I have made sure that I have enough money to pay taxes and keep
food on the table.  I took most of my money and purchased gold and silver
coins.  There value will not drop like paper money will."

   Kimmi came over and held John tightly.  "I am a lucky girl John.  The
day you found me was the best day of my life.  We will survive this down
turn and grow stronger."

   "Just watch for friends who are in trouble at school.  We can't take
whole families, but we can assure that the children survive this period."

   "What ages do I look at?"

   "My best guess is from 7 to around 11.  Once a child is beyond 11 they
are pretty well on a path we cannot change.  But those who come here will
have to accept a set of rules.  You can be sure some will not accept them."

   That caused Kimmi to be surprised.  "What could they possible not be
willing to accept?"

   "Well there will be lots of work to be done and that means they must be
willing to take responsibilities.  They must be willing to share the
workload and do their part.  For some children work is not an option for
them.  They have lived a life where play is all they know."

   Kimmi could see this from her past.  "I did not know what work was
before I met you.  But I did not know what play was either.  But since I
have been here I have learned to work and enjoy it.  You never forced me to
do anything, but allowed me to help you and I learned.  Now I handle the
house and cooking for us."

   "Well imagine what cooking will be for say eighteen kids.  We could end
up with that many one day Kimmi.  You would have to have a lot of help
cooking for that many."

   Now she was thinking about what I had really said.  Having eighteen
other kids here would be a major change in life.  "Why eighteen children
John?"

   "That is just our maximum number Kimmi.  It could be less than that. 
But when your planning always look at the worst case."

   After their bath that night Kimmi had more questions.  "John does that
mean I have to share you with the other girls?"

   "No of course not dear.  But does that mean I have to share you with the
boys that might come?"

   This hit straight home.  "I don't want other men or boys."

   "As you can see we both have choices we will have to make.  But for the
two of us we will be a mother and father to the new children.  That could
mean your telling an 11 year old what to do and how to live here."

   Here Kimmi was just nine and she was not sure how an older girl would
handle her instructions.  "I can see problems in that."

   "I don't as that would be part of the rules they would have to accept."

   Kimmi snuggled up to John and considered her position.  "I could see
some who would not accept that."

   "Those who cannot accept it cannot come here.  That is why I mentioned
rules.  If someone cannot accept the rules they may look for other options.
Here they would get three meals a day, clothing, a warm clean place to
sleep and their schooling.  If they are smart they will get a college
education as well."

   That was a lot in today's world she knew.  It was far more than her
mother had now days.  She had dropped to the bottom of the ladder.

   "Kimmi I am not sure how fast this may all happen.  It may take months
or weeks?  Just be aware of your school friends and watch for trouble."

   She turned to John and kissed him deeply.  Her feelings for him had
grown so strong she wanted no other man in her life.  He gave her the
warmth and deep love she had always wondered about.

   The day went well and she was now deeply in John's arms.  His cock
buried deep inside her and she loved the feeling of that.  Love had never
felt like this before him.  It had always been an abstract word and really
never a physical one.  But he had taught her what love was and treated her
like a real woman.

   As he plunged deeply into her she felt the feelings grow inside her. 
That magic build up of pleasure she wanted so much.  Finally she burst from
the feelings and he let loose a flow of semen inside her she loved to feel.
His operation meant now he always had a hard on and could screw for hours
if she wished.

















   Chapter 3

   The next few weeks saw much of what had been predicted by John.  People
in cities were being forced out of their homes.  Jobs that felt safe at one
time were not now.  The unemployment rate reached 20%.  Now the USA was in
deep trouble and the politicians could do nothing about it.

   Slowly the trailer camp John had built was adding children.  One living
room had been made a large dinning room.  A covered walkway ran from each
trailer to the dinning area.  Now there were eleven children living here,
not including Kimmi.  There were three boys that were eleven years old and
two girls.  There were two at eight, two at nine and two at ten.  One each
boy and girl for each age group.  Kimmi had chosen farm children who knew
what work was.  The parents had lost their land and were now working for
others.  But these jobs did not pay enough to allow them to keep children.

   So she was now sewing clothing to assure warm outerwear and doing very
well at it.  This was a new job for her and she liked it.  John bought
shoes, socks and underwear off the Internet and kept costs down.  The
logging contract paid for all the needed items, plus additional food
supplies.  The Montgomery county taxes were very small.  So they caused no
problems for him.

   Having moved out of Roanoke County had lowered his taxes considerably.
He had sold his cabin there for sixty thousand and converted that into gold
and silver coins.  So he had over ninety thousand in coins now in his safe.
His land was paid for as was all the improvements he had made.  A second
wind generator had been purchased and installed.  So his checks from the
power company were there every month like clock work.

   A working model of the generators was on computer for following
maintenance required.  Spare brushes and cleaning supplies were also on
hand.  Each month one of the eleven year old boys went with John to check
and service the generators.  But the three thousand a month from the power
company was a real blessing to the group.

   They had not had to plant the garden and a farmers market processed the
meat from the cattle.  Food was no problem and that was a real help.

   Large bolts of cloth were purchased off the Internet to allow shirts and
jeans to be made on site.  The kids looked good for school and had good
work clothing.  They looked for young cattle being sold and kept John
advised of this.

   One day an old man came to see John.  "Sir I own a track of one hundred
acres right next to your lower drive.  It is all cleared grassland and
fenced.  I want to keep my house and barn, but the land I would like to
sell."

   "Well I am always interested in land.  What are you looking for from the
sale?"

   "I would like one processed beef a year for the next twenty years and
ten thousand dollars.  Now the money would have to be in gold and sliver
coins as paper money is worth little these days."

   There was not much money to buy land now days.  So little was sold.  "I
would be willing to offer you the cow a year for twenty years and
seventy-five hundred in gold and silver at current rates."

   The old man sat back and considered this for a time.  "I'll tell you
what I can do.  I will give you the tractor and attachments and use of the
barn for hay storage for twenty years for the ten thousand at today's
rates."

   "How do I know the barn will be yours twenty years down the road?"

   "Give me eleven thousand and the barn goes with the land as well as the
tractor and attachments."

   Kimmi watched John work the man.  She was impressed with how this was
going.

   John walked into his office and brought out his map of the area.  He
asked the man to draw his fence line onto the map.  They were exactly as
shown except for the barn.  Here the man drew a space of one hundred feet
around the barn.

   "OK I will give you the money at the county court house after signing
over the land.  I would like to do this quickly as I have a small herd of
young cattle I can pick up quickly.  I will use fifty acres to graze and
fifty to cut hay from.  So only thirty head will be turned loose on the
grazing land.  One bull and twenty nine cows."

   The old man was pleased with his sale.  "I can go tomorrow and sign the
land over.  Taxes are paid until the first of the year now.  So you will
have to pay next years taxes."

   "That I will do tomorrow as well.  Now gold is bringing nine hundred and
seventy two and once and silver ten fifty.  So you get 11 gold coins of one
ounce and thirty silver one-ounce coins.  That makes for just over eleven
thousand.  You will need to stake out the fence line around the barn for my
boys."

   "Done sir and it is a pleasure doing business with a man such as
yourself."

   "If you have used Snyder's country market then you know who will process
your meat.  We will take a cow in every six months for you and we will
advise you of its delivery to the market.  You will need to talk with them
and advise how to process your beef.  It is up to you to pick up the meat
from them."

   "That is fine with me John.  I will expect you to pick me up at ten
tomorrow morning and we will get this taken care of.  There are a thousand
bales of hay in the barn now.  Those are yours to use."

   The old man left and Kimmi sat and waited to see what John had to say.
"You know I did not really need that land.  But moving us to one hundred
and seventy acres was just to good to say no too.  Once we process the
cattle on the upper twenty acres we will plow it for corn or wheat.  The
soil there is a good thirty inches deep.  With his tractor we are in better
shape to plant and harvest."

   "But gas is so expensive now days."

   "We will convert to propane and use that for fuel.  It is still a low
cost option for running a tractor.  We can tap our own tank for refilling
the cylinders.  That two thousand gallon tank needs turned over every year
anyway.  The power company keeps us delivering power to them, so we most
likely will not use much for propane power here."

   The kids were all now used to riding the horses and very good at it.  I
now have six of them to feed and care for.  A favorite Sunday activity was
for Kimmi, four of the children and myself to go riding.  The shock was
picking up the other four for ten dollars each.  They gave me the tack for
free as they had no use for it.  But people did not have the free income
they once had.  For us the horses were working animals as well as pleasure.

   But the older boys now were having sex with the younger girls.  The
three boys would take baths with the younger girls and play with their
young bodies.  Each of these girls had learned to love to suck on the boys
and let them cum in their mouths.  They then learned to fuck and liked that
as well.  This was causing a problem with the eleven year old girls.

   At dinner that night this problem was brought up.  The older girls were
not happy with how things had gone.  They had felt that they owned the boys
their own age.

   "OK ladies lets hear exactly what you think the problem is?" John was
very blunt about this.

   One of the first girls who had come took the lead.  "The boys are
fucking the younger girls and not paying any attention to us."

   "Why do you think that is happening Crisse?"

   "I don't know John, but it is not fair."

   "Well let me ask you have any of the boys tried to have sex with you?"

   "Yes, but I was not ready."

   "So you seem to think that a young man ready for sex should wait for you
to be ready?"

   That hit home with these girls.  "Well they should not be having sex
with the younger girls."

   Kimmi had been following this closely and was ready.  "Hey I have been
having sex with John since I turned eight years old.  I enjoy feeling his
big cock in my little pussy." She looked at the eight, nine and ten year
old girls.  "Do any of you have a problem fucking the boys?"

   The eight year old answered for them all.  "I love having sex with them.
It is also fun to suck on them until they cum in my mouth.  We all suck off
the boys our own age and when they are ready we will fuck them as well."

   This sounded like an eleven year old problem to John.  "Each of you
eleven year olds stand up and undress."

   The two girls were slow standing at first, but soon were undressed and
standing there.  "I see no reason that either of you could not have sex. 
So boys your going to fuck these two until they are happy.  My gut feeling
is they have some old information that sex is bad."

   The two girls were now shocked.  "You can't just give us to the boys to
fuck."

   "Would you just as soon go back to your families?"

   That hit home fast.  "Neither of us can go home.  There is no food for
us and I have two sisters who want to come here." One answered quickly.

   "How old are they now?"

   "One is seven and the other is ten."

   "Well how do you think they would feel about the boys fucking them?"

   She considered this for a time.  "I am pretty sure both would like it a
lot.  But you don't fuck any of us.  Both of us would love to have your
cock in us."

   Kimmi felt her pussy getting very wet.  "John has said he would not fuck
any of you without my asking him to do that.  Before I was afraid that he
might find someone he liked better.  But now I don't feel that way.  So if
you want John to be your first get on the table and he will fuck you."

   John was always ready to fuck these days.  But he was not sure about
this, as Kimmi had always been so against it.  "Kimmi I am not so sure your
ready for this?"

   She smiled at him and shook her head.  "For the first time John I am
ready.  I am getting so wet just thinking about it.  Just be ready to take
care of me tonight."

   I stood and walked to the first girl and saw a pretty pussy looking at
me.  "Are you sure your ready for this dear?"

   "Oh yes John I am very ready."

   I dropped my pants and underwear and stood with a seven inch cock that
was about an inch and a half in diameter.  The pussy was wet, but not
nearly ready for fucking.  So I bent down and started sucking and licking
on it.  All the children were watching and playing with them self.  Now she
was ready for any cock and I stood up and slowly pushed it into her.

   She felt the cock slide into her pussy and it felt good.  But John
stopped and let her rest for a time before starting sliding it in and out.
She felt it bumping her hymen and then felt it slide through.  He stopped
once more and allowed time to adjust.  The pain had not been all that much,
so she was ready very quickly.

   "Please fuck me now John."

   It took no more to get me moving in and out of her fast.  It was a very
tight little pussy and deserved a good fuck.  So I really worked at it. 
She finally came like a earth quake.  Her body was bouncing all over the
table and she was yelling out her pleasure.  I motioned the next boy in
line to get her.

   Now for my last virgin.  My cock was still bloody, but ready for this
next girl.  I slid into her and slowly stopped.  Giving her time to adjust.
Then I popped her cherry and she also was ready.  Now I also waited for her
to adjust.  Then started to really sink my cock into her pussy.  She
started bucking like crazy.  Just going out of her mind.  But she exploded
very quickly and knew she loved sex.  So I motioned a boy to take my place.

   As I sat with Kimmi she held on to my arm and do so tightly.  "Thanks
John, I was sure this would open the door for both girls.  But you know the
other three are going to want to fuck you?"

   "If you agree with that you can offer them a chance one at a time to
sleep with us.  You might enjoy having them eat your pussy or your eating
theirs."

   That was a new thought for her to deal with.  "I am not sure how I would
feel about that?"

   "Well until you have tried it you will not know.  But most girls seem to
enjoy that and often that is how they learn about sex."

   "Well I am still going to have to think about do that.  But I did notice
you did not cum in either girl.  Why?"

   "To be honest dear I really want to have a child with you.  I know we
have a few years to wait for that, but to me that is something special. 
For me I don't want to have children with others."

   This pleased her greatly and she smiled at John.  "I just knew that we
had built a solid relationship now.  No one I am sure could possible
believe a nine year old and a man your age could possible love each other
the way we do.  But I want to be with you as long as life allows and I want
no one else."

   "That was the hard thing for me just a few minutes ago Kimmi.  I did not
want either girl, but you left me little choice."

   She smiled her sweetest smile at me.  "But I knew you would not hurt
them.  They needed to learn how good sex could be to fit into the family.
One of the boys could have hurt them the first time and that could not be
allowed."

   That at least answered my big question.  "I am pretty sure neither was
hurt.  But I am worried they now will feel free to try to have sex with
me."

   "That I will handle for both of us.  But your having a boy take over
when you were done was a help.  They are still cumming and happy to be
fucked by the boys."

   We headed back to our house and took a bath together.  Kimmi's little
breasts were now more pronounced and fun to play with.  She was still
mostly nipple, but the bumps below were growing as well.

   "John I want to make love slowly tonight, as I want to feel it for as
long as I can.  I know you will try to be sure I am satisfied, but it is
not just sexual satisfaction I want tonight.  Hopefully you will go to
sleep with your cock inside me.  Please?"

   All I could do is smile at my lover.  "Of course my love.  What man
could say no to sleeping with his cock buried in a beautiful nine year old
pussy?"

   "I am glad you feel that way John.  You have made my life so happy and
it is hard to remember my past life now."



   Chapter 4

   We now had one hundred and thirty-five cows most with a calf due in the
spring.  Our land had grown to almost five hundred acres over the winter.
We slowly bought up any land taken for taxes if it was close to ours.  So
our logging area was well over three hundred acres of land.  Due to this I
purchased an electric mill for processing wood for our use.  The boys were
taught to operate the mill and wood was sawed to allow better construction
on our land.

   A larger stable was built and it had a tack room for the blankets,
saddles and bridals.  It had a steel lined grain room for corn, oats and
sorghum to make up grains for the horses.  It did keep the mice out and
assured we got full use of the food.

   It was also critical to now add to the smoke house.  So next to it we
built a new meat processing area.  Now we could hang and process our own
beef.  That was another need to cut costs for us.

   We were up to 14 children now days.  So with Kimmi and I we had sixteen
to feed.  I had planted 75 acres of wheat and we would start making our own
breads on a larger scale now.  It required a new bakery building be
constructed.  A large oven had been picked up from a bagel shop that went
broke and installed in our building.  We did modify it to use wood heat for
baking.  Creating steam and running it through a floor coil to allow the
heat to rise did this would bake the bread.  The oven temperature would sit
at 400 degrees during baking.

   With people always looking for bread at low costs we sold our extra
production quickly.  Most days we had people stop by and pick up bread for
their homes.  They ordered how many loves they wanted each week and what
days they would pick it up.  We did not slice it for them, but bagged it
for keeping it fresh as long as possible.

   The walk in cooler added to the meat processing area allowed us to sell
meat on Saturdays.  So a display case was added and we sold for fifteen
percent less than a grocery store on any meat.  We set the price on Friday
and accepted paper money if we had to.  We always sold out of meat before
the day was out.  That was due to not processing more than one cow each
week for sale.

   Over all John saw the funds growing in his gold and silver coin
accounts. This even with the expenses he had buying land he now had better
than one hundred thousand in coins.

   They sold processed wood, bread, meat, power and still had a contract
for logging.  The logging was now a much larger cut than the original.  All
payments were in gold and sliver coins and delivered each weekend on
Saturday when the mill owner came to buy meat and bread.  That kept the
coins rolling in, in the worst of times.  The cash was all converted to
coins each week in town.

   John had been smart setting up as he did and then starting the small
businesses he had.  His power checks from the wind generators were now
producing over five thousand a month.  That had to be converted to gold and
silver coins.  The children were all employed by one small business or
another and they also received a small weekly payment.  This made them the
most well off in their schools.

   Each was allowed to purchase anything they could afford off the
Internet. So nicer clothing, shoes and coats were in big demand.  By
keeping a balance of cash in the bank these purchases were covered.  But
not a lot was left there and the land was well armed.  The neighbors set up
a response team to handle any possible attack on any close by farm.  This
was somewhat limited, but better safe than sorry.

   A guard was always on the main gate now days from dark to dawn.  He
lived in one of the old houses that came with land purchased.  His son and
he shared the gate watch each night.  Sam worked from 5 or 6 at night to
around 1 AM and then George came on till after the kids were picked up for
school.  While they were on duty they were armed and did not put up with
people passing by too often.  The sheriff would be called quickly and they
would handle the vehicle.  To load cattle you had to come into the main
gate.  So thief was not a big problem.  But the real help was the cameras
all along the fence line.  They allowed watching the road area all the
time.

   Each camera was hidden and had night vision abilities.  So John often
watched the lower land as well as the back doors to his land.  There were
many sensors over the backside of the property and they would pick up any
human moving on the land.  Most scanned for any metals and then went off. A
belt buckle was enough to set one off and a gun would really set it off. 
But again better safe than sorry.  He kept guns in the older boys rooms and
in his room.

   The safe in the house was below it in a basement, no one knew was there
except for me or Kimmi.  I stored a lot of dry food down there as well. 
The stairway came up into my office and was covered by a safe where I kept
a small amount of coins.  The children did not know about any safe except
the one in my office.  So my worry about someone knowing how much I had
here was limited.  I only made deposits once a week in the cellar, always
on a Sunday night.

   Sunday was always a day for Kimmi and I to spend together.  We did the
books, looked at the costs and profits for our past week.  That was always
fun for the two of us.  I always made a trip to the bank every Monday
morning and went to a safety deposit box.  So most people felt I kept most
of my gold and sliver there.  It is always good to misdirect people.  I did
kept some money in the box, but not nearly what people thought I did.

   I had to declare most of our income, but having sixteen people as
dependants did help a lot.  IRS did send out an investigator to check me
out and they shook their head.  I ended up paying a small federal tax bill
each year, a much larger county and state tax bill.  The land and
businesses were a major reason for the state and local taxes.

   But I did hold out on some income that could not be proven.  It looked
like over the next few years we would be able to assure college educations
for all of the children.  Of course not all would go to college.  But for
them I was willing to go into partnerships in businesses.  That way each
had a way of improving their lives and affording families.  This way all of
my kids would be better off in the years to come.

   The federal government was looking for a way to raise money and I made
an offer on ten thousand acres of forestland behind me.  It was good
timberland and they had no access without going over my land.  So they
agreed to sell it for my providing an access road to their land and a cash
payment of fifty thousand dollars.  It finally ended up being the road and
twenty thousand.  That I paid in gold and it was accepted.

   This purchase meant I needed a good sawmill and equipment for logging. A
sawmill offered to sell me one of their unused mills and set it up.  The
agreement was I would sell my cut lumber to them at mill prices and they
would pick it up and resell it.  The agreement would run for five years and
the mill then would be mine.

   This was something the boys jumped on.  With ten thousand acres of
woodland they could selective cut and never run out of wood.  There was a
lot of pine and popular growing here as well as oak and maple.  So the oak
and maple would stay and the pine and popular would be cut.  We did pick up
a chipper for limbs and wood to small to cut.  It would be chipped and sold
for mulch.

   Later we found it did make good fire logs and started a small plant to
do just that.  We had added a small dozer to out equipment and built roads
for moving logs down to the mill.  We did not want to hurt the land for
future growth of trees and planted only hard woods.  That kept the three
boys busy all summer long.  They also worked weekends during school time.
But at this job they were paid an hourly wage.  This built up a good amount
of money for them.

   All the trailers had it own computer room and at least four computers. I
had one seven hundred megabyte a second line coming to my server and all
computers were hooked into it.  It was all fiber optic feeds to us that the
power company agreed to supply.

   During this period I had a chance to buy three more wind turbines.  The
cost was right and they were purchased and set up.  This boosted my power
sales to over twelve thousand a month.  But now I needed a technician to
over see these.  So one more trailer was brought in and set up near the
wind farm.  We agreed to supply meat and bread with the home as part of the
salary.  So this now cost me one month's power payment for fulltime
maintence of the wind turbines.  Not a bad cost to profit ratio.

   Having a place in the mountains where the wind blew down to the valley
floor helped as well.  It for sure was not an open area where winds were
always high.  But then again having wind between two mountains helped a
lot. We had clear-cut the down draft area to allow the most wind possible.
It allowed an average of 12 miles per hour every day.

   Kimmi and the kids were doing well in school and we were planning for
Christmas.  I had been buying for several weeks now and storing gifts in
the cellar.  This was going to be the nicest Christmas the kids had ever
had.  Listening to the wants allowed me to buy things they never expected
for them.  But Christmas was for children to receive and adults to give. 
In giving I received a lot of pleasure.

   I had picked up new warm suits for my two guards and they would be
included in this Christmas.  Life was working the way I had planned and we
were doing very well.  So everyone should benefit from that gift.

   Kimmi and the girls were planning a big dinner on Christmas Eve and
there would be food for snacking all Christmas day.  That way no cooking
would be done that day.  I would smoke a rear quarter of beef and we could
eat off of it for several days.  It would keep the food labor down for the
girls.  We drew for gifts between the kids and they would handle their own
gift buying.  Each had a disposable Visa card for $50 to buy a gift with.
That was a part of their allowance each year.

   Of course Kimmi had quite a sum of coins she held onto.  I had no idea
of how much she had and really did not care.  She was responsible for
managing here as I was.  So she deserved some room to have her own money.

   The time came closer to the day.  We all were looking forward to
Christmas Eve and a day off on Christmas day.  The school had let out on
Friday for the holiday and everyone was home.  The older boys were running
the mill, the younger girls the bakery and the younger boys were processing
meat for the holiday.  We killed two cows this time, as we knew demand
would be heavy.  Many people we had never seen before were stopping by for
bread and meat on Saturday.  A prime rib roast had been packaged for the
sawmill owner who supplied our mill.  That was a gift from us to him.

   But we did a lot of business that Saturday and ran out of meat and bread
before 3 in the afternoon.  The lower gate had been closed after the last
customer left.  It was now our time to relax before Christmas Eve dinner.

   I had built a large enclosure and added a hot tub to the center area of
the trailers.  Next summer we would build a roof over all 4 trailers to
cover the center yard.  I figured a wood heater would heat it during winter
this year.  The way they were skirted no wind or air came from outside now.


   Kimmi and I were lying in bed and she was talking about the holiday. 
"John this is our second Christmas together.  I am really looking forward
to this one.  Last year was nice, but this year will be far better.  I am
ten this year and closer to when I can have a baby."

   "Sugar your not really going to be ready until your 13 or 14 years old.
So we will have some time before our own children are here."

   "I talked with doc and he said I could be ready at 11.  So why wait more
time?"

   "Because I love you and don't want to loose you to some problem.  Here
going to fast could cause health problems for you that we don't need.  I
could not bear to loose you my love."

   That was the nicest thing she had ever heard from a human.  "OK, but
when doc says it is safe then it is safe.  I don't want you arguing with me
and him then."

   "I will live with doc's assurance at that time Kimmi.  But I will not
risk your life for anything.  Now tomorrow I have work to do in the cellar
and it will take some time.  There are gold and silver coins to add to the
big safe and inventory to run on food.  I also have presents for the kids
down there that must be finished wrapping.  So from about noon to three I
will be in the office.  That door will be locked and no one is to bother
me."

   This brought a smile to the young girls face.  "Yes sir it will happen
that way.  But you have to stay out of the back bedroom as the kids will be
wrapping gifts there.  Doc did leave you a years supply of medicine
yesterday so you may want to move some of it down to the cellar."

   "Sounds like he was bringing in Christmas money also." That said with a
laugh.  "I hope you put the insulin in the walk in cooler for me?"

   "Done as instructed dear.  You have 168 bottles out in the walk in
cooler.  It is a lot cheaper to buy the drugs in quantity than at a drug
store.  But we know your set for at least a year now.  I also have drugs
for infections, bandages, sinus and many other problems on hand as well."

   "Well sugar welcome to the new world.  If we did not carry our own
antibiotics we would be in deep trouble today.  Doc has to order cases to
be able to buy them and our order helps that happen.  I also use them on
our horses, so they serve two purposes.  I hope he got the sutures and
worming medicine we needed for the horses as well."

   "He got it all and I checked it all in.  One issue is he will have to
buy from us later, as he did not have our storage area.  My agreement was
we sell back at 10% over our cost to him.  That way we get paid for the
power and equipment."

   "Your getting very smart my lady.  Of course the power costs us nothing
with the wind generators, but if we use it we cannot sell it.  So it will
add to your personal income.  Your buying habits for food have gotten much
better and I see savings there as well.  Come summer we will add a chicken
coop and start selling eggs as well as using them.  That should give you
another income source."

   The ten year old grinned at John.  "Why do you always seem to know what
I am doing?"

   "Darling if I cared then it would be one thing.  But since I don't care
why worry about it?  You have access to whatever is in the safe in the
office any time you need it.  I would never question your using it."

   This was a conversation the two had never had before.  "What do you mean
with that statement?"

   "I mean half of what ever I have is yours love.  One day the land, money
and buildings will be yours and our children's.  The power generating
equipment will deliver you a good income, as will the sawmill and other
small businesses.  So what I am doing now is for yours and our children's
future."

   Kimmi had never looked at it this way.  "Your building for us?"

   "Sweetheart I have no real reason to build for me.  My life is a short
one now and yours is a long one.  I have the money to assure higher
education for the kids now.  It is in a safety deposit box at the bank for
which you have access.  So the steps now is building your future and being
sure you can afford our children."

   She rolled over and hugged John tightly.  "I don't want a future without
you dear."

   "You will see me every time you look at our son.  So even if I am not
here in person I will be via the children.  It would never cross my mind
not to be sure they would be financially able to do well.  One day I expect
you will find another husband and marry once more.  He will have to be one
hell of a man to get you."

   "John I can't handle that kind of thinking.  Your all I want and no one
else."

   "Well with luck I should be here for another 10-20 plus years love.  But
a point in time will come when you will have to do this on your own.  So my
making sure your ready is critical to me."

   This she knew was very much like John.  "OK, but no more talk about the
future of our lives.  You have to give me 3-4 babies before your allowed to
quit."

   That brought a laugh from John.  "I'll do my best to meet that request.
Now roll over here and make love to me."

   That was a very tender night for both of them.







































   Chapter 5

   Christmas Eve was a big hit with the kids.  There was a large Christmas
tree in every trailer.  But the one in the living room of Kimmi and John's
was loaded with packages.  The kids could not figure where all this came
from?  There must have been two hundred packages under the tree.

   They ate dinner and sang carols for hours.  Everyone hit the hot tub at
some point that night.  Each group had to have at least one twelve year old
in it.  John wanted no body hurt or lost due to falling asleep.  The tub
could take ten at a time so just two groups were made up.  People went to
sleep quickly that night.

   The next morning everyone got up early and headed to Kimmi's kitchen. 
She had baked two large trays of cinnamon rolls for breakfast and they were
being eaten quickly.  John sat in the living room and enjoyed the excited
voices of the kids.  He had two rolls and a cup of coffee.

   Now the kids all came in and found a place to open presents.  Kimmi was
determined to be the right person to hand them out.  She started with
smaller packages and gave each child one with their name on it.  She handed
John one and took one from him to her.

   "Now we will open them one at a time and then show the rest what we
received.  That way every body gets to open a package and look at what
others got as well."

   That seemed to fit the mood and no one objected.  The first gift for the
children was watches for each of them from John.  Kimmi had her breath
taken away by a beautiful diamond necklace John had picked up for her.  She
had given him a solid gold chain with a cross.

   This went on for over an hour and everyone was shocked at the expensive
gifts they were getting.  Finally the boys got their big gifts as did the
girls.  Each boy received a 308 or 22 rifle.  The girls got dollhouses or
special MP3 players depending on age.  But all were blown away by these
gifts.  Children also received a gold coin for their cash fund.

   But Kimmi was really shocked when she got a hand painted map of their
land with an oil of John as well.  Who ever had painted these was very good
and would have fit into a major New York art show.

   She had nice clothing, the diamond necklace and the paintings for this
Christmas.

   "Now boys I have set up the shooting range for you to sight in your
rifles.  You will find a box of bullets for each gun on the kitchen table.
Please note they are 250 shells per box.  There is also a cleaning kit for
each gun.  Older boys should instruct the younger ones in sighting and
cleaning a weapon."

   With that the boys were up and gone in a shot.  The girls cleaned up the
paper and boxes and then moved their gifts to their rooms.

   "John why did you buy that expensive necklace for me?" Kimmi was still
shocked at the expensive gift.

   "Sugar I want you to have nice things that keep their value.  That will
always be worth a lot of money for you.  But I really like seeing it around
your neck."

   She ran over and hugged John like he was leaving.  "You make me feel so
grown up.  It is nice to be treated that way.  You did adult things for the
other children as well.  I noticed that there were tears in a lot of eyes
today.  Most will never see as good a Christmas as they did today."

   "We don't have one child that did not deserve what they got.  Everyone
works hard and contributes to the family.  Our success is their success and
it should be acknowledged.  Christmas and birthdays is the only time we can
do that.  So making this day nice for all was important to me."

   John reached down and felt the heavy gold chain and cross and like how
it felt on his neck.  "That looks good on you my man."

   "I was very pleased with it I assure you.  No one has ever bought me
anything like it before.  But I am sure you knew that before you did it."

   Kimmi moved her stuff into their room and then moved John's in as well.
"I feel like a Christmas fuck my husband.  So how about the two of us
retiring to our bed room?"

   They walked into the bedroom and were undressed nothing flat.  Now
laying and holding each other they kissed for a long time.  John had never
felt this level passion from Kimmi before.  He slowly inserted his cock
into her and they slow fucked for a considerable time.  No big hurry or
push to just get off.  Then it built to where they both exploded.  This was
a memorable period of sex for both of them.

   Finally they got up and showered.  Then went to the kitchen and found
the girls all getting lunch ready.  Each girl came up to John and hugged
him then kissed him.  "That was the best Christmas any of us can remember
John.  What you did for us was better than our parents ever did."

   "Girls just understand I took that responsibility from your parents. 
Now it is time for me to deliver on my commitment.  You're my children now
and I will protect, defend and treat you that way."

   This statement seemed to hit home now.  "You mean exactly what you said
I could hear it in your voice."

   "Yes I did mean it.  Each of you one day will either get a college
education or help starting your own business.  That is also a promise from
me.  At first you will have us for a partner until we know you can do it
yourself.  Then you can buy us out and it will be all yours.  But none of
you will be poor ever again."

   "But what if a business goes broke or our education stops being useful?"

   "Then you have home to come back to and you will get back up on your
feet.  You're our children now and we will help you as you need it."

   That seemed to shock the girls.  "But were not really your children
John."

   "Oh yes you are dear.  The day I adopted you then you became MY child.
Blood is less important than bonds we have built.  There is not one person
here that would not fight for the land or do their share of the work.  Your
all brothers and sisters and that bond shows up every day.  The boys would
fight for you at school any day someone treats you wrong.  I know you would
do the same for the boys."

   That caused some deep thought and finally agreement.  "I can see that
and just guess I never did before.  We are brothers and sisters by bond and
not by blood.  So if we wish one day to marry we can.  But I would defend
any boy here against any girl at school.  Tommy has had a couple of fights
because boys said things they should not have about us."

   "Well the gold coin you each got is worth a thousand dollars today.  How
many of your friends have that kind of money?"

   This was another stopping point for them.  "I don't think any of them
have that kind of money.  But that means you gave us fourteen thousand
dollars today."

   "Actually sixteen as I gave Kimmi two coins.  But you need to be careful
with that coin, as people would try to steal it.  We have been very
fortunate this year and it has been a good year.  So each of you needed to
share the family wealth."

   "What should we do with it John?"

   "You could give it to Kimmi and draw from it as you need to.  She can
act as your banker and keep you advised of your balance.  If it was me that
is what I would do.  But you could give it to someone you know needs it."

   The girls all ran and got their coin and sat down with Kimmi.  Each was
set up a draw account and they could buy off the Internet when they had a
need.  One girl had a hard time deciding whether to keep the money or give
it to her old parents.  Buy finally decided to keep it.

   "OK girls now you also can buy food here and give it away when it makes
sense.  So you can buy bread and meat and give it to a friend whose family
is in trouble.  If it were just a temporary situation it would help them
greatly.  I don't know if you know it, but I give the county two beef a
year for use by the poor.  If twenty farmers did that there would be no
shortage.  But giving to others is time to hide where it came from.  People
resent those who make a show of giving."

   "How do we decide to give and keep it quite?"

   "Talk among yourselves and listen to suggestions others have.  The
county knows where my beef is coming from and pick it up there.  Most know
I gave the beef for processing, but that is not told to the people getting
it.  They are my block to others knowing.  I donate bread to churches, they
distribute it to people and they block my gift from others.  I have a deal
with the power company that ten percent of the power sold has the money
held for use by those in need.  They let me know who got the power and
block anyone knowing I did it."

   "Does that not cost us a lot of money John?"

   "Yes it does, but I am not a church member and don't give that to a
church.  So I give it where it does the most good for the most people.  We
all have a responsibility to our other citizens.  If you have read the
bible it tells you that we are responsible for our brothers.  So giving
back to them is a way of meeting that responsibility.  Last year I gave
away almost thirty thousand dollars to different groups."

   That really did shock the girls.  "Why did you give away so much?"

   "Did anyone here go hungry?  Did our income grow during that time?  We
were blessed with food and improved income.  So giving did not hurt us at
all and may be it helped us?  I assure you there will be a day when your
glad we did what we did."

   The girls chewed this over.  "Why are you telling us now?"

   "That is a good question dear.  It is important that you learn how to
give.  For those of us who have it is a responsibility.  The older boys
have learned this as they always give the mill two percent more wood that
they charge for.  The owner of the mill knows this and he would go no place
else to get his wood.  He profits from dealing with us and never has to
worry about being cheated."

   Things were becoming clear now.  "Your saying because we are doing well
we must be more than fair with others."

   "If you not more than fair, then people must watch you and wonder if
they are being cheated.  If your always more than fair then no one watches
you."

   This had been a classroom learning lesson.  "Girls be sure you think
long and hard about what John has said.  Our 1.5 lb loves of bread really
weigh about 1.7 pounds.  We always sell out of this, as it is a good buy.
People have asked me to weigh a loaf and are shocked at it always being
over weight.  But the word of mouth about the real weight has brought more
business to us.  Our meat is always showing a lesser weight than what we
sell as well.  Because we don't have to transport it we still make good
money.  We discount any meat or bread if paid for with gold or sliver
coins. That stops us from making a trip to convert it later."

   Now they had a better understanding of how we sold.  One young girl
looked at Kimmi.  "Then we always give more than people buy.  That is why
we have so many who come here to buy from us."

   Kimmi smiled at the girl.  "Yes where would you buy if you were the
customer?"

   "Where I got the most for my money."

   "Well you would not drive fifty miles to save a dollar, but a few miles
you would do it then.  We sell more meat than most grocery stores.  John is
going to build a chicken coop this spring and we will have eggs and
chickens for sale then.  I have a design for a four part coupe that will
always have egg producing chickens.  Laying eggs is a matter of light and a
chicken will produce for up to six months time.  So light will be supplied
as will heat to keep them laying eggs."

   That excited the girls and they were ready for new adventures.  "Who
will handle the new business?"

   "Two of our youngest girls.  Each morning they will collect eggs and
feed and water the birds.  They will do this once more every evening.  Now
they will do this every day, as there are no days off.  But we will always
have fresh eggs here and eggs to sell."

   Both eight year olds knew this was their job and became excited.  "I
hope we start soon Kimmi."

   "It will be March or April before we are ready to do this.  But every
three months you will have a new section started.  Two will produce eggs
and two will produce meat.  But every nine months a new group of young
chicks will be set up to produce eggs.  I figure we will have around one
hundred birds per hen house.  We should have about eight birds for sale as
meat a week.  Then we can increase the number of birds as we see how well
the eggs and meat sells."

   John had followed this and was pleased with Kimmi's plans.  "Guys I can
smoke the birds before sale if you want.  That way they would bring a
better price."

   "Lets just see what the customers want before making solid plans." Kimmi
was in absolute control here.

   The boys all came in and sat down for lunch.  "John I could not believe
how accurate that rifle was.  The scope was dead nits on target and it did
not drift at all." Timmy was thrilled with his new gun.

   "Well you boys need to get your stuff to your rooms after lunch.  The
girls cleaned up the mess.  Also as I told the girls that gold coin is
worth a thousand dollars.  So if you want Kimmi will act as banker for you.
She has set accounts up for all the girls now.  That will allow you to buy
off the Internet or to get money in cash if you need it."

   They discussed this and decided to use Kimmi as banker as well.  "How do
we get to know how much we have left?" One young boy asked.

   "Kimmi will every month give you a balance sheet of your account.  If
you make down what you buy and subtract it then you will always know where
your at.  But like I told the girls if you wish to give some away then
discuss how to cover where it came from.  People don't like others who help
them."

   The older boys shook their heads.  "Yes like the fact we provide more
board feet from the mill than what is bought.  We never say a word about
it, but we know the owner knows we do it."

   "That boys is just good business.  You don't have to buy the trees and
you do get good quality wood.  So your still way out front of the rest."

   They all grinned at that comment.  "John are we going to be allowed to
buy the mill one day?"

   "Of course you will if your not going to college.  But then you would
have a logging contract to pay for.  For you it would be less than I would
charge a mill, but you would still have a lower profits."

   "I would expect no less.  Trees take years to grow and you need income
from the land to pay taxes."

   "The land for the mill would be leased to you and room for you to put
trailers there for your family.  Of course power would come from the family
grid.  So I would expect you would make good money from the mill.  Just
finish school and decide if you want to go to college.  Then I might
install a new mill for you and drying shed."

   That answered the boy's questions.  Two were sure they wanted to do
nothing else.  Timmy was not decided yet.  He was very good at math and
problem solving and may be engineering was where he belonged?

   The girls followed this and saw how mature this group of older boys was.
It impressed the two twelve year old girls.  Here were boys looking well in
front of themselves.  They seemed to know where their future was and wanted
it.  Of course tonight there would be some sharing beds with these three.
The eleven year old was also in love with one of older boys and she saw
their abilities.  But Timmy was the one she really wanted he was always so
nice to her.

   Penny had a real crush on Timmy.  One that showed and he saw it and
enjoy her devotion to him.  So often they slept together.  That would
happen again tonight for them and both knew it.  Timmy loved this slip of a
girl and he knew this well.  She was what he wanted from life and all he
had to do was ask her.  He made up his mind tonight he would do just that.
This was the most beautiful girl he had ever known.  Not just her face, but
her soul was beyond others.

   "John could I talk with you after lunch?" Timmy now had taken the step
he needed too.

   "Sure Timmy we can go to the office and talk."

   The two walked into the office and sat down.  "John I am still not sure
what I want to do with my life.  But I know I want Penny to be a part of
what ever it is.  I know I am young, but I do know how I feel about this."

   That was considered before John spoke.  "Timmy on that you have my
blessing son.  I very much like Penny and she I know likes you deeply.  So
understand son great age does not make people smarter.  I am sure your
statement is as accurate as my feelings are for Kimmi.  The mill is your
success and each of the other three young men learned from you and have
become competent at running it.  You're a man before your time Timmy.  So I
believe your feelings are deep and real.  If Penny agrees with you, I will
offer the second bedroom here for the two of you.  The two of you will have
your own bath and freedom to live as if married."

   This offer just shocked Timmy.  He never expected John to react this
way. "John your offer is far beyond any I could have ever expected.  But
are you sure this is the right time and place?"

   "Yes Timmy I am sure.  Real love deserves space and no competition. 
Once you and Penny are installed here no one would try to step in.  That is
all I can offer you son.  Make your decision on the future together and
plan a life together.  But include her in every decisions and she will
guide you the right way.  A woman who loves a man is his best guide in
life."

   Timmy could see how Kimmi had impacted John.  "Could we ask her here
John?"

   "Go get her and bring her here and we will talk."

   Timmy went out and got Penny.  They walked into the office and sat down.
"Penny, John knows how much I love you and has offered us the second
bedroom here.  But that is a big step for you as it commits the two of us
for life."

   This took her back a step, as she never expected Timmy to offer her a
commitment of any kind.  "Timmy I love you and will walk through hell with
you if needed.  I know I am just eleven now, but it would not matter if I
were eighteen.  I would still follow you anyplace.  John I would accept the
shelter of this house for Timmy and I.  But I don't want to be in yours or
Kimmi's way."

   "That is not a problem for the two of us.  Just understand we are
sexually active and that would not stop with you here.  My office is off
limits for both of you as is our bedroom and bath.  But the two of you
would have the run of the rest of the house."

   This was considered by both of them.  "I see no reason for us to wait
John." Timmy was set on a course now.

   "OK at dinner tonight I'll make the announcement to all.  The two of you
are now off limits to others.  Is this acceptable to each of you?"

   Both nodded their heads.  Now the knot was tied and life would be
different for each of them.

   Kimmi came in and John explained his offer, she cried then hugged both
Penny and Timmy.  "Welcome to a normal home my children.  I know I am
younger than both of you, but your still John's and my children. 
Understand John has always looked at every one of you as his children."

   Penny had tears running down her face as did Timmy.  "Kimmi for some
strange reason I see you very much as a parent.  I know your younger, but I
also know I would not be here without you.  So Kimmi you fit with John very
well and with all of us." Timmy was very pleased with this statement.

   "Well I want you two to move your things into the second bedroom here
and I mean now.  It has no clothing in the chests or closet.  So there is
nothing to move out.  Once your settled then Kimmi and Penny need to
workout a way to keep the house clean.  Penny your now Kimmi's assistant
for food preparation.  That is still done in the kitchen here.  Timmy your
now going to learn how to do books for our different operations.  You will
still need to over see the mill, but your not going to spend all your time
there.  Find and promote two more boys for mill work."

   "I would guess by summer two boys could learn to handle the logging
equipment.  That is the best place to start someone.  But I will have to do
some major training on weekends for them to be safe.  With two older boys
running the mill and one transporting logs that would fit."

   "Just know you can't steal my processing plant foreman.  It has taken a
year to get him trained." John was laughing now.

   "Well that leaves me with one nine year old and one ten.  But they will
do fine in logging.  I'll start training tomorrow and work with them all
week."

   That night it was time to bring the changes to everyone's attention. 
"Now ladies and gentlemen let me make a coupe of announcements.  First of
all Penny and Timmy have decided to commit to each other.  That means they
are both off limits for others to approach sexually.  Second Penny is now
Kimmi's assistant for food preparation.  Timmy will be responsible for mill
operations and train a new logging crew for the mill.  If he tells you to
do something at the mill it is as if I said it.  Now are there any
questions?"

   One of the other twelve year olds had to test the water.  "Does that
make Timmy the mill manager?"

   "I guess since he does all repairs, upgrades and over sees the equipment
he is the foreman.  Not one of you knows that mill as well as he does.  He
deals with our customer and schedules all shipments.  So I would say he was
managing the mill long before now."

   That caused a laugh from most at the table.  "I just want things to be
clear."

   "Now it is very clear.  Both of them are moving into the house and will
use the second bedroom.  So you will not be having a couple living with
you. Now this does not mean you all need to pair up.  But when the time is
right for you, come talk with me and may be I'll agree?"

   This caused a change in most of the older kids.  Now it was possible to
pair up and live together.  So that was seen as a new step in
relationships. It did open some minds at the table.

   "One more thing ladies and gentlemen.  We will be cutting wood this week
for a new chicken coop for spring building.  This will create eggs and meat
for sale in the meat market.  This is Kimmi's project so any questions
should be addressed to her."





   Chapter 6

   Life had changed once more for John and Kimmi with Penny and Timmy's
move.  They now limited their love making to the bedroom.  Of course they
sat together and held each other in the living room.  But lovemaking was in
the bedroom or their bath.  John had upgraded the whirlpool to a hot tub in
the bathroom.  The whirlpool was placed in the second bathroom.  So Penny
and Timmy used it a lot.

   The next morning Penny stopped Kimmi and asked for a time to talk.  She
needed someone who understood sex far better than she did.  "Kimmi I just
don't know a lot about sex and need someone to guide me.  I think I could
make Timmy happier if I knew more than I do now."

   This was something she knew well as John had taught her.  "Well first of
all nothing is out of bounds when it comes to sex with John and I.  If it
feels good I do it as does John for me.  I love oral sex and so does John.
But our relationship is unconditional.  I never do anything expecting him
to return the favor.  We each give to the other freely and completely. 
There is nothing he could want I am not willing to do.  But he would never
ask me to do anything."

   "That seems kind of odd to me."

   "It did to me at first as well.  But he did do much for me to make me
happy and never asked me for anything for himself.  His willingness to give
to me was a real gift.  So I learned to give back to him freely as well."

   "How did he explain it to you?"

   "He said he got as much pleasure seeing me and watching my joy as he
could ever expect.  That started me wanting to see what sucking his cock
was like and I found I like to taste his cum.  We have had normal sex, oral
sex and even anal sex.  But it has been up to me to ask him for it.  He
just tries to make me happy."

   This was all new to penny.  "I have never had oral sex or anal sex.  So
how do I learn?"

   "I have some tapes of different sex acts and your free to watch them and
decide what you want to try.  But do it for your own enjoyment and don't
expect a return from Timmy.  If you both learn to give to the other sex
will be great for you."

   It did seem odd for a ten year old to be instructing an eleven year old.
But Penny knew that Kimmi was far more advanced than she was.  So the rest
of the morning went smoothly.

   Kimmi after breakfast set Penny down at the computer in the office and
set her up with videos.  John had set up his server to catch all news
groups feeds.  They did not get sent out from here, but he saved many of
the banded groups or underage videos and pictures.

   Penny spent a few hours looking at this mix of videos and pictures.  She
saw just how much she did not know.  But made notes to try some different
things with Timmy.  It was a time of deciding what type of sex life did she
want?

   "How did the education lesson go?"

   "I had no idea about a lot of what I saw Kimmi.  But it did make me
consider how I can please Timmy more.  Being young like you and I are makes
it hard to learn about sex."

   "Look Penny we all have to learn at some point.  When depends on when we
start having sex.  For some girls they learn at home from family members,
others are with boys that know very little also.  But how good sex is
depends on two things.  First is a partner who loves you and would never
hurt you.  Second is being open to learning new things and trying them. 
But I am sure Timmy would never do anything to hurt you."

   This brought a glow to Penny's face.  "I know what the first time was
like Kimmi.  He was very slow and gentle with me.  After the initial pain
it was really beautiful.  But I have never had sex with anyone but Timmy.
Other boys just did not interest me at all.  I could be happy just laying
with Timmy and holding him."

   "Life is much that way for me with John.  I really want no one else in
my life at all.  He treats me in every way like a wife and lover.  But he
sees the age gap and worries about my future.  Of course I will never be
poor, as he has seen to that.  I also now have lots of brothers and sister
to turn to when needed.  So he has built me a very special family safety
net.  But I want his children and he is pushing off the time I can do that.
I say eleven and he says thirteen or fourteen.  That is our issue to handle
like learning about sex is yours."

   "You know I have started my periods now?"

   "Yes and you were given a shot by doc to prevent your conceiving.  It is
good for six months and then must be renewed.  All the girls have had them
if they were old enough.  John has been very careful not to cause a major
problem for any of the girls.  When you turn sixteen then you can marry
Timmy if you two wish to do that.  There are laws still on the books that
our attorney can use to get you a license."

   "But Timmy if he went to college would be still in high school then."

   "Yes and you would still have a home and family to help you.  Age is no
longer the problem it once was.  It would mean giving Timmy study time and
watching the children to be sure he had the time he needed.  He is very
smart and John thinks he would make a great engineer.  I do know one day he
will work with me to manage this trust.  John has set the land and
businesses up as a trust.  This would keep taxes from eating up our money.
If you note every last name here is the same as his.  Every young person
here would benefit from the trust, as would their children and grand
children.  He saw things long term and took steps early."

   That was not known by Penny.  "Why are you telling me now?"

   "You're a part of the managing trust partners now.  There will be much
you will hear and know others don't.  The trustees are Timmy, you and me
now.  There are rules where we cannot change them, but decisions will have
to be made one day by the three of us."

   "I never expected this to happen Kimmi.  But if John feels that way I
will do what he expects of me."

   "Penny you never had any conflicts with the rest of the children.  You
always were the peacemaker.  When others were fighting you held your
opinions.  Then when the time was right you always asked the right
questions.  John saw this and has great respect for your maturity and
intelligence.  That is great praise from him I assure you."

   This sat Penny back for a minute.  "I guess I did that.  But it was
natural instinct to me and not some learned process.  Arguing just never
solved any problem.  If you did not solve the problem then you keep the
problem going.  So when people tired of the verbal fighting it was time to
solve the real problem.  That was where the questions came into it."

   "I assure you Timmy also saw that ability and fell in love with you
because of your abilities.  He does not like to argue or fight either."

   "That is something I noticed myself.  He is a problem solver and likes
solid answers to questions.  We are very much alike in many ways and so
different in others."

   "John told me that was good in any relationship.  If your to much alike
it is looking onto a mirror.  You like safe positions and Timmy likes to
assume risks.  In you there is a maternal nature and in Timmy a protective
one.  He likes to teach others and you tend to sit back and watch.  Neither
is wrong, but it shows how different the two of you are."

   "You would think that would keep us apart."

   "No it drives you together.  You each see things you admire in the other
and that strength is yours if the two of you stay together.  The bond of
two people is the sum of all their parts.  Two become one in a good
relationship and who ever is the stronger will handle each problem."

   Once more this made sense and she could see how it worked.  "You know I
feel much better after talking with you.  I don't know how you got so smart
so young, but I will enjoy the learning process."

   "I had John to answer my questions.  We watched most of you and he
pointed out things I should have seen.  Then I was allowed to draw my own
conclusions and we would discuss them.  Often my first impression was wrong
and I had to change it.  But I learned that it was OK to do that.  I
learned not to judge people and to watch for the strengths they had.  Time
has taught me how to ask people to do things and demand they do them. 
People learn to follow people they respect.  So I always do a job first
before asking anyone else to do it.  I always note the good things others
do as well."

   Life was becoming a lesson for Penny.  "I have seen that and liked it
when you told me how well I did.  But I did not understand why you always
made sure I knew you saw it."

   "I am sure you worked harder the next time knowing you had done so well.
People enjoy doing what they feel they are good at.  So building confidence
in others is important to their growth and well being.  That is where most
parents fail their children."

   Penny could see in her own life where that had happened.  "Yes I never
felt I was good at anything until I came here.  My mother and dad never
said anything about the good I did.  But I did hear about the mistakes I
made.  Why do parents do that?"

   "They make a lot of mistakes themselves and it covers them.  But raising
a child they fail to comment on the good.  If you weighed the good you have
done against the bad, you would see you mostly did good.  Now your parents
gave you life, but could not afford to feed and provide clothing for you.
So they failed as parents.  Here everyone has nice clothing, plenty of food
and clean warm places to sleep.  We all go to school and have money in our
pockets or accounts.  Most parents do not live this well today."

   Penny considered this and saw truth in it.  "I know my parents don't
live this well.  But they rejected me when times got hard and I don't feel
I owe them today."

   "That is the way everyone here feels.  We owe John and each other for
the life we have.  He took us very young and has allowed us to grow up
quickly.  We all have the right to walk away from here, but no one will do
that.  Each of us has learned to work and to manage money.  That is
something our parents never learned.  If you ask our customers they respect
us and many are friends.  I know of one older man and woman who comes every
Saturday to buy bread and meat.  They come because of an eight year old who
they really like.  She treats them as friends and they enjoy that
relationship with her."

   Penny knew exactly who Kimmi was talking about.  She had watched the
girl with customers and knew many liked her.  The girl treated everyone as
a friend.  She was not a beautiful child, but her personality was far
brighter than her face.  Her brains were also very good and people knew she
would treat them fairly.  She was trusted by people and respected that
gift.

   "I have watched her and enjoy seeing her work with a customer."

   "You also are trusted Penny by many who come here.  When you ran the
bakery people knew they would be treated fairly.  Trust is something most
never give to others.  Here it is who we are and people who come here do so
because they trust us.  We have never cheated a customer and never will."

   The girls started dinner for the rest of the family.  It would be soon
enough when hungry people wanted to be fed.



























   Chapter 7

   The farm had done well for three years now.  Profits had been good and
John had the wind power up to ten generators.  This type of feel for the
power company was a plus as they were required to supply at least 25% of
their power from green sources.

   Kimmi was now twelve and finally had talked John into her first baby. 
She was as big as a small dirigible.  But was very happy as well.  It was
her dream come true and a small clinic had been set up at the farm for
local use.  Many farmers came to see doc here.

   One thing John did was adding a small operating room to the clinic and
Two bedrooms were for anyone who had to stay for a short time.  Kimmi would
have her first by C-section the doctor had decided.  But by having it here
there would be no legal problems.  Doc had arranged for the birth
certificate to be buried in the county records.  That had become the norm
with young mothers these days.

   He had brought an old friend as pediatrician for the child to be checked
out well.  That doctor would also start using the clinic once a month for
this area.  John supplied the drugs for doc, so people did not have to pay
for them.  This was done as a donation to the clinic.  Because the clinic
cost doc nothing he worked for lower fees here.  So his day a week here was
always a busy one.  But he made good money here as well.  He always left
with a couple hundred dollars and a lot of food.

   Tonight was the time set for delivery of the baby.  The sheriff had sent
a car to be close by if it was needed to transport anyone to a hospital. 
But he was a close friend of John and Kimmi's.  They had helped him over
many problems during the years.  When the county could not afford food John
supplied it for the jail.  If a deputy was hurt John stepped in and helped.
His people got a discount on meat, eggs and bread at the store here.

   Having the clinic just inside the gate allowed the guards to assure its
safety.  Sam and his dad were still the guards and they both loved Kimmi
and would allow nothing to happen to her.  Kimmi was ready to see her
daughter and John was as well.

   The two doctors went into the surgery and got things ready.  Kimmi was
given a block to allow them to do the C-section.  A rip and antibiotics was
set up ready for her in a recovery room.  She would spend the next three
days here.  Doc coming by every day to check on her.  The rest of the
family would work a schedule so someone would always be there.  Timmy had
set this up for John.

   Being a Thursday night the kids took a day off from school on Friday. 
Kimmi would be back in the house on Monday.  So everything would be back to
normal by then.

   The surgery took just a few minutes and the baby was in the
pediatrician's hands.  Then the time for sewing Kimmi back up took and
hour's time.  They did give her some mild pain medication and allowed her
to breast feed the baby.  But John was a proud father once more at almost
sixty-two.

   He had applied for social security and would start getting it in
January. Now was December the fifth.  The doctors talked with the children
who would be spending the night with Kimmi.  Everyone knew their jobs and
what was to be done.  Doc would be back in the morning and check Kimmi out
once more.  But she was doing very well for her first child.

   The baby was dressed in a gown, diapers and was sleeping well.  They had
named her Kathleen after John's sister and grandmother.  The little girl
was a strong seven pound child.  With two fifteen year old girls doing the
first night shift John was not worried.  One would sleep while the other
watched and handled needs as they came up.  Food would be brought down to
the clinic as needed.

   John kissed his lady good night and went up to bed.  He and Kimmi had
done most of their Christmas shopping early and he had it stored in the
cellar.  This was going to be a Christmas to remember for everyone.  Most
of the neighbors knew about John and Kimmi and approved of the
relationship. The few that did not were very quite about it, as they knew
others would reject them.  Far too many people survived this economic time
due to the two of them.

   If someone had called the sheriff they would have been turned over to
the neighbors.  When the problem was brought up to ministers they were told
King Saul and David had many eight year olds as wives or concubines.  So
where was the problem?

   John could not get to sleep without Kimmi beside him.  It was not normal
for him to have an empty bed.  The little Becky came into the room and
crawled up into the bed.  "Kimmi said I should sleep with you while she was
at the clinic.  I know you need someone to hold on to and I love you a lot
John."

   This blew him away.  "Sugar I appreciate your willingness to do this,
but how do you really feel about it?"

   "I wished I had met you when Kimmi did John.  The boys are OK, but they
are not you.  When I moved here it was you that sat me in your lap and
explained what had happened.  Your wanting me and making sure I had food,
clothing and a nice place to sleep, was more that I ever expected.  The
love you showed me was more than I ever got at home.  I know I am just
filling Kimmi's place for now, but I really want to do that."

   She was kissed and held tightly by John.  "Dear know I will always love
you.  May be not in the same way I do Kimmi, but just as strongly as I do
her."

   "I know that John.  But I am not nearly as pretty as Kimmi."

   "Sweetheart you're just as beautiful as she is in your own way.  You
have a personality that reaches everyone and makes them feel good.  The
most beautiful face in the world cannot do what you do."

   That did cause her to reconsider things.  "I guess I never looked at it
that way?  But I do have a lot of people who come see me every week at the
store."

   "They come because they love you and trust you dear.  Many will wait
until your free to help them.  They don't want someone else to do that.  If
you weren't there we would loose customers.  So don't ever sell yourself
short my dear."

   This gave her a whole new way of seeing who she was.  "Thank you for
pointing that out to me.  I never looked at anything as beauty where the
face and body were not it.  Now I know I am over weight some and don't have
a pretty face.  But I do have a good personality and outlook on life.  So I
guess the gifts we have are all different."

   "The beauty you have dear will last far beyond any face or body.  When a
face goes that is lost forever, but your beauty lasts a life time."

   She snuggled into John and went soundly to sleep happy.  He also was
happy with this girl and liked having her close to him.

   The next morning John was ready to get up when he had a tray sat beside
the bed.  "To what do I owe this service?"

   "You made me feel really good about me last night John.  So I decided to
try to make your life a little easier.  Here is breakfast and your coffee.
I am sure you want to go check on Kimmi and the baby."

   "Her name is Kathleen dear and she is now our youngest child.  But I am
not sure about for how long that will be.  Kimmi wants more babies and I
think Penny is getting close to wanting one." He laughed at this and caused
a laugh from the girl.

   "Well for sure I am not ready for that step."

   "No but I expect it will be sometime before you are.  As smart as you
are I think you will most likely go to college and get a degree.  I would
expect to see a doctor or scientist someday out of you."

   That puffed her chest up quickly.  "I really like helping doc.  He is
always willing to explain things to me.  So it is possible if I can keep my
grades up, for me to look at medical school one day."

   John had no doubt she would keep her grades up and go to medical school.
She was just so smart.  "Well I will watch and follow your progress."

   He headed down to the clinic and walked in.  Timmy was sitting with doc
and talking about how things had gone.  "Doc told me your pretty potent for
an old man John." This got a laugh out of doc.

   "Well my grandfather caused a wife to have one when he was seventy two.
So I guess it runs in the family Timmy.  He was an Irishman.  So how is my
beautiful wife and baby today doc?"

   "Both are doing well and Kimmi is already bugging me to go to the house.
She is not a happy camper here."

   "Well she will have to live with your decision doc."

   "I told her tomorrow if she keeps doing this well.  She has already been
up and walked to the bathroom a couple of times now.  So I did not do too
bad on the stitching."

   John walked into Kimmi's room and she was beaming at him.  "Well lover
you did your normal good deed last night.  I got a call from an excited
young lady this morning.  She was bubbling over after your talk last
night."

   "I said nothing dear I had not said to you as well.  If she does go to
medical school this clinic will be her home later.  I would expand it and
give her a small hospital here.  There is not one person in this area who
would not come to her."

   "That I will keeping mind my love.  Now talk doc into letting me come
home."

   "He said may be tomorrow.  But he wants to stitches to start to mend
before you do that.  So your stuck with me here for the day love.  How is
our little one doing this morning?"

   "She is eating like mad.  You would think she might get a schedule, but
she woke up at odd times last night and was always hungry."

   "That is just part of being a baby.  They for the first little over a
year are big time work.  It slows but does not stop until they reach about
four.  By then they can do many things themselves.  So that is what your
looking forward to now lover."

   "Wrong my, man we are looking forward to that.  Kathleen is half yours
and daddy will share in her upbringing."

   "Well at least the two of you will grow up together dear.  When she is
your age you will be just twenty-four.  Still a very young woman."

   That brought a big smile to Kimmi.  "Well we have a few years to grow
this family dear.  I want John junior next.  He is going to have to run all
of this one day."

   That would be a big task for any human John knew.  "Well Timmy, Penny
and you will run it for years dear.  I have faith in the three of you.  Now
I want to see my daughter."

   They walked to the crib and he picked her up.  She was a beautiful baby
and he was pleased.  "I am willing to bet she will have blond hair.  Just
look at her and I see family all over her.  So do you want to bet?"

   "Yes she will have brown hair my love.  That is a bet I am willing to
take.  I had a picture taken this morning and it will be posted in the
store.  Our neighbors need to see the new member of our family."

   "Well they know for a time we will not be producing more of these."

   "Hey I had a C-section and not natural birth.  So I could have sex right
now boy if we were careful."

   "My dear you still need to heal before we start that.  Talk to doc and
see what he says."

   "He said once it does not hurt then go for it.  As good as I feel the
day after it will not take long to be ready."

   They went on like this all day.  But finally after dinner John went to
the house and hit the hot tub in his bath.  A day in any hospital type
environment was always stressful to him.  Hopefully they could move Kimmi
back up here tomorrow.  The crib was ready now and the boys had built it. A
couple of the boys had started making furniture from the best wood.  The
two of them went out and picked and tagged the trees they wanted.  This
crib had been made of wild cherry and it was beautiful.  The girls had made
the mattress and sheets for it.  This was something Kimmi had not seen yet.
A chest had been made for clothing and a changing table from the cherry as
well.

   John had been impressed with the skill the boys had shown.  They had
used old fashion techniques to build this furniture.  But it was high
quality construction.  He had built them a small shop and saw soon it would
need to be expanded.  Neither boy wanted to mass produce anything.  They
wanted to build one of a kind items.

   So John had picked up old books of furniture made many years ago.  All
built of solid wood and now of great value.  The boys had a web site
showing several pieces that were now ready and prices.  A lot of interest
had been generated and a number of questions had come in.  But today the
rich were still rich and they could afford this type of furniture.  But a
dinning room table for five thousand with eight chairs was now being
considered by one man.  He also wanted a sideboard and was asking the price
for it.

   One boy was a good carver and he did all the hand decorative work.  They
figured the sideboard for about six thousand.  Across the back would be
hand carved scrollwork, as well as carvings on each door.  This was all
done in walnut and that could not be found today.

   A woman asked for a quote on a computer workstation out of oak.  That
had been quoted at four thousand.  It would take a couple of weeks to
build, but there would only be one of them.  The boys did have one girl
come in and do the stain work and finishing of the wood.

   It was just one more business for the family.  But John saw it as life's
work for the boys.  They loved working with the wood and were creative in
everything they did.

   It was during his time in the hot tub he did all this thinking.  He
dried off and put on shorts and headed to bed.  He found he had his
sleeping partner tonight as well.

   She kissed him and hugged him tightly.  "Thank you for just being you
John."

   "Well my lady might be home tomorrow.  Doc will make the call, but she
is pushing him hard."

   "She told me she could not stand sleeping where you weren't there.  So
she needs to have you in bed to sleep well."

   "Just so she does not get the idea I can feed the baby."

   The small laugh was pleasant to hear.  "She said she was breast feeding
so I don't think you could handle that.  But once Kathleen goes to bottles
you may be in trouble."

   "That I don't mind doing at all.  Little girls and their daddies have a
very strong bond.  You will see it when she reaches about two years old. 
Then she will want to go every place I do."

   That caused a laugh from the girl.  "I am sorry I never had that
relationship with my daddy.  But he was not home much and I really did not
know him.  He drove a truck and was on the road a lot."

   "In the past that happened far to often dear.  But with the green fuels
today long haul trucking is pretty much a thing of the past.  Only a few
very big companies now do that kind of thing."

   "I know that is true as dad is working on some government project
driving a dump truck.  He left mother and me without a word.  That was when
you adopted me here."

   "You do understand that your part of my family now right?"

   "Yes and I do love it here.  I have never felt so wanted and cared for
before."

   "Just know when you need a hug come see me.  If you want to talk I am
always available to you.  The same goes if you have school problems you
need help with.  Don't be afraid to come to me sugar.  I am here for all of
you always."

   "Most of us younger kids have not heard that before.  The older kids
tell us to leave you alone."

   "They are not your family boss.  Kimmi or I am the family boss and we
make the decisions.  Be sure that get around to all the younger children
please."

   "Yes sir I will.  That will change some of the things I see now."

   "I will post in every common room tomorrow a set of rules.  Now each
trailer had one leader to assure beds are made and rooms are kept clean. 
They assign cleaning duties for clothing as well.  But they must be fair
and treat everyone the same.  They are not your mother or father and serve
as only an older brother or sister.  They are required to follow my rules
and not make their own."

   "Well your younger kids will argue that fact.  I was told that I would
be spanked if I failed to make my bed or do other tasks instructed.  Some
have taken over running the trailers for you."

   It was time to bring this to a stop and fast.  "I don't want to know who
is doing this right now.  Each child will be talked with by me and then I
will make things right.  But you need to come to me or Kimmi if things
start back as they are now."

   "I don't want to get anyone in trouble John."

   "You have not dear they have done it all by themselves.  If I tell you
not to do something and you do it anyway who made the mistake?  Was it you
or me?"

   "It would be me that made the mistake and not you."

   "Each leader has been told the rules and they were to follow them.  If
they made new rules without my permission then they have taken my
authority. They have abused the responsibility I gave them.  Do you want to
grow up learning from someone like that?"

   "No sir, but I guess I did not see it that way."

   "Well I do see it just that way my dear.  If a person cannot live under
my rules they may not stay here.  The rules are for everyone's good.  So we
all must follow them for it to work.  That includes me my dear.  Anyone not
living within the rules is cheating the rest of their brothers and
sisters."

   This was a major shock to her.  "I think may be I have opened a can of
worms here."

   "It was one that needed to be opened then.  Have you ever heard of me
spanking anyone?"

   "No sir."

   "I don't believe in that type of punishment.  Most of the children
around here would cry if I told then they disappointed me.  Why should I
whip them?"

   She knew that was true, as she would cry at that comment.  "I can see
that John."

   "Everyone had rules read to them before they made a decision.  Each of
you agreed to live by those rules.  If you did the family would help you
get your education and a start in life.  The rules have not changed since
you heard them.  The only addition in the last few years was to allow those
who wanted to bond early to do so.  Like Timmy and Penny did.  Both of them
sit and discuss new rules with Kimmi and I."

   I called Penny and Timmy into the room as they had been watching TV. 
The problem was explained to them and I asked them to talk with all the
younger kids tomorrow.  Once they were done we would all sit with Kimmi and
discuss what should happen.  But they were to stress honesty from the
children.  For one I wanted to know if any had been spanked and for two how
often they did extra work.  But to collect every bit of information
possible.

   Timmy and Penny were angry.  They would get to the bottom of this and
fast.  Each knew just how fair John was and anyone taking advantage of that
was someone they had a problem with.

   The day went smoothly and Kimmi was moved to her own bed.  The first
sight of the new baby furniture excited her.  It was so beautiful and
something no other child would have.  To keep from causing any pain she
wore sweat pants and a sweatshirt.  It was loose fitting and did not hit
where her stitches were.

   That night Penny and Timmy reported what they had found.  It badly upset
Kimmi and she was angry.  "I want each of the two people in here one at a
time.  We need to let them have their say before we talk any action."

   John did not disagree with her logic.  "Just remember that this is the
first time anyone has been charged with breaking the rules.  So decisions
made will set how future events are to be handled."

   The first girl was one of the fourteen year olds named Annie.  "You have
been asked here to explain why you have made rules outside of the ones John
has given you.  We know for a fact that has happened and that you have
spanked at least two children.  Our rules are clear that no corporal
punishment is to be used without John or Kimmi's permission." Timmy was
very straightforward now.

   Here the girl sat and looked shocked.  "I just did what I felt was
needed.  The boy in question had a bad attitude and would not change.  The
girl was unwilling to keep her room clean and I did not know how else to
handle it."

   John handed her a copy of the rules as she had read them.  "These are
the rules for all of you is that right?"

   "Yes sir they are."

   "You will notice that no one is to be spanked or beaten?"

   "Yes sir."

   "Did you bring your problem to me or Kimmi?"

   "No sir I did not."

   "Then we have a problem here.  How do you feel we should handle it?"

   That caused her to look frightened.  "I guess I should be sent away."

   "That is not an option as you're my child.  I have adopted you and will
never turn my back on you.  So what other options do I have?"

   The girl cried and knew she was loved even if she had done wrong.  "I
will do what ever you decide John."

   He looked to Kimmi and saw her also in tears.  "First she must not keep
her current responsibilities.  Second she must show us she has changed her
attitude.  Third she must help those she has caused harm to."

   Penny and Timmy could see the logic in this.  Penny decided to speak up.
"I see nothing wrong with that way of handling this.  But I think she also
needs to spend a couple days each week cleaning the trailer for our wind
generator technician.  He has no help and lives alone, so this would help
him."

   John was pleased so far with the decision.  "Do you have any problem
with these suggestions?"

   "No sir they are very fair as far as I'm concerned.  I would like to
apologize to the rest of the children tonight at dinner."

   "OK you will clean the technicians trailer every Monday and Thursday. 
For a six-month period you will have no supervision duties.  You will move
to trailer 3 and assume a room there by yourself.  You will still work in
the bakery on your normal days."

   This seemed to please Kimmi and she was sharking her head yes.  "Is what
John has said acceptable to you?"

   "Yes, it is really very generous."

   "Look my child it is not generous it is just fair.  You broke the rules
you knew well.  So now you have to pay a price for that.  I still love you
and care about you.  But rules are set for all to live by and that is
something you need to learn.  Understand if I had spanked the two children
it would be me being judged."

   That did surprise her.  "But you make the rules here."

   "No I made the rules, but now the four of us decide if someone is
keeping them.  If I fail to keep them then how could I expect you to do
that?  So if I break them I will pay a price as you have."

   She got up and ran to John and hugged him.  "Thank you so much for being
so honest.  I can tell you they will never be broken again." She left to
decide how to tell the others.

   The next was a boy of eleven named Jack.  "You have been charged with
punishing boys in your trailer.  This was done outside and where others
could not see you.  How do you wish to answer to this?"

   "Who said I did this?"

   "We have proof and it is not someone's word only here.  Two times you
were watched doing this and one boy still has bruises.  So we will decide
what your fate here will be." Timmy was very blunt here as well.

   The boys face showed everything the group needed to know.  "How else can
you make someone do what they agreed to do?"

   "You bring the problem to us and we would handle it.  There are rules
here and everyone must live by them." Kimmi was not happy with this boy. 
He was one of the late additions.

   John saw the boy's father showing up here.  "I assume that was how your
father handled this type problem?"

   "Yes sir."

   "Well life here is to be better than it was in your home.  You will
loose all work assignments as of now.  Your new job will be to help our
wind generator technician.  You will work with him each day and learn his
job.  That will require that you move your sleeping quarters to his
trailer. It will mean a longer walk each morning to the bus, but that is
just part of your punishment.  If you fail to handle the job assigned then
we will send you to military school.  There you will learn to discipline
your actions."

   Tears were now rolling down the boys face.  "Why are you keeping me?"

   "You're my son boy and that is forever.  I will see that you learn a
trade that will see you through life.  Your duties at the mill are lost to
you for the rest of your school time.  But you now have the chance to learn
new things.  Do it well and life will be good for you.  Fail and you will
be sent to a school where failure is just not accepted."

   The tears were rolling now.  "How can you keep me when I have broken the
rules?"

   "That fact does not remove my name off yours.  You have taken my last
name and become part of my family.  That is for your entire life and not
just as long as it pleases me.  Family may not like what you have done, but
they still love you.  I feel you have value and am willing to give you a
chance to prove me right."

   The boy stood and came to John then hugged him.  "I will make you proud
of me John."

   After the boy had left the room people were still not talking.  But
Kimmi finally broke the quiet.  "OK I learned a lot today John.  My gut
said cut our losses and move on.  But your vision of family and how far it
goes says I was wrong.  I am sure we all learned something today."

   "Did I do anything I would not have done with Kathleen if she had been
wrong?  We must always treat each child as we would her.  How could I treat
any child here differently than I would her?  Everyone of you is my child."

   That seemed to turn a light on for everyone.  "I see where your coming
from John and agree.  Your responsibility is the same adopted or born to
you.  Your commitment is for the long term and not just for the good
times." Timmy was seeing the larger picture now.

   "Every child here has had someone turn their back on them.  I will not
do that to any of them.  It would be unfair for every child to wonder if
they would still be wanted if they made an error.  No one needs to always
be looking over the shoulder for mistakes.  I don't agree with what they
did, but they must have a way to redeem themselves."

   This hit home with Kimmi, Penny and Timmy in many ways.  "I see some
growing up for the three of us John." Kimmi was happy with how things went
now.

   "I will explain to the others why things went this way.  They need to
understand what family means to you and how deep it goes.  That is
something I am sure will mean a lot to them.  I know what it means to me."
Timmy was very happy with John's lesson today.

   Kimmi and John ate in the bedroom and enjoyed some time together.  Food
was brought to them and they just enjoyed the time together.  Nothing
business was discussed or even family.  But the two of them held each other
and just relaxed.

   The hot tub was out tonight for Kimmi, so John took a quick shower with
her.  Kathleen was fed and the two hit the bed early.  At least he could
hold her and enjoy her being there.  That was a step in the right
direction.

   On Saturday John walked the store and talked with customers.  The
children were all very up beat and happy to see him.  He could feel the
mood had improved greatly over the night.  He walked to the mill and saw
wood being processed.  The two boys from the furniture shop were there and
he told them of Kimmi being so pleased.  That made both boys very happy.

   One stop was the wind turbines and checking on the technician.  He
reported on his new helper and was pleased.  The first job was the
refilling of oil reservoirs on each unit.  It took a 5-gallon bucket every
month per turbine.  Then the floors had to be mopped and cleaned.  That was
where the new assistant started.

   The tech was watching the outputs to assure they were maxing the
turbines.  He could from the ground check and adjust each unit.  That
included adjusting the blade angles.  It was a very high tech operation.

   John wondered back to the main area.  He stopped to check the horses and
took a truck to check the cattle.  He had added sheep to the upper pasture
for spring.  That was an area around the wind farm and where fencing had
been installed.  The sheep kept the grass down around the wind turbines and
would offer meat later.  So it was a good use of the land.

   The cattle had been increased to a heard of two hundred and that meant
more meat at the market.  All side of beef hung for at least six days
before cutting into steaks, roasts and grinding for hamburger.  Large
amounts were cubed for stews and use for stir-fry.  The chicken was selling
at a rate that required more production.  So we purchased and processed for
other farmers.  This started a group of people working together.

   By the time John got back to Kimmi she was sleeping.  So he did the book
keeping for the day and by then she had awoke.

   "My love why are you doing my job?"

   "It just seemed the right thing to do today.  I know your adjusting to
the demands Kathleen puts on you.  So this just helps you have the time to
handle that."

   "Well this week I'll accept it, but not next week.  Now are we set for
Christmas this year?"

   "I don't see much more that we could do.  As it stands now I have bought
all I am going to.  But I see the kids are still buying and that is fine as
we have the time.  We are three weeks a way from the day.  I did buy
everyone a bracelet of gold with their names engraved on them.  Of course
all last names are the same.  It is a way to bond us all together and ID
each of our children from a distance." He laughed at this way of seeing it.

   "Only you would do something like that.  It is another family item I am
sure they will always keep."

   "I did make sure that the younger kids could get theirs resized as
needed.  The plate is 18 kt gold and the chains are heavy for the boys and
lighter for the girls.  I want everyone feeling they belong here."

   Kimmi hugged John and knew he meant just what he had said.  "My dear you
love these children a lot and it shows.  I am sure these were not cheap and
that they will always keep them.  I see them as a badge of honor for each
of them."

   "I do hope they see them that way.  As for cheap you know better than to
see me doing something cheaply.  Each one cost at least $200 and they were
worth ever dime.  The agreement is for that price they will repair or
expand them free for ten years.  One of our neighbors has gotten into
manufacturing jewelry and made them for me from my design."

   "Did you get one for you as well?"

   "Of course my dear how could you tell me if I did not?"

   "May I see it?"

   He showed her the bracelet and she was really impressed.  It was heavy
and the chain was heavy on his as well.  "I think I'll wear mine on
Christmas day so the kids can see I have one as well.  The girls are about
half the chain size as the boys, so they will be heavy, but not
uncomfortable.  To make up for the gold I had birthstones inset into the
girls.  I have a very small one for Kathleen as well dear."

   She hugged this man who cared so much.  "I assume we will have to pay
for work after the ten years on hers."

   "Nope she will get a bigger one for her eight birthday.  He has a
contract with us for making these and will supply every child our kids have
with one.  I invested in his shop and we are partners.  My agreement is not
to take money for five years and to reinvest it all back into the shop. 
One day he may become a major designer of gold jewelry for the nation.  He
does buy his gold and silver from us and pays market pricing for it."

   "I should have known you would invest in something like that."

   "Well I can afford to buy the gold, silver and gemstones and he can't. I
have about $100,000 invested and he will start paying us back in five years
at five percent on fifty percent of that amount.  We own fifty-five percent
of the company.  That is because we built the building it is located in."

   "If you keep investing like that one day we will very well off John."

   "We are very well of dear and far more than you know.  I have slowly
been investing in buildings in town.  We now own about fifty buildings that
are mostly rented out.  Some stores that were close to closing we are
partners in now.  My best guess is we are the richest family in the county.
I was able to use the buildings as an asset to buy into many companies. 
They pay us little or no rent for a time, we have invested money and we got
50% of the business.  Each has a buyout clause where they pay rent and pay
us 50% of the current value of the business.  In the long run we will come
out just fine."

   "When have you had time for all of this?"

   "My weekly trips to the bank helped.  The sheriff has also sent people
to see me.  If a building becomes a tax sale item I am advised as I have
cash.  The bank advises me of businesses that are hurting due to money
needs.  So I have many helpers."

   "Where in Gods name did all this money come from?"

   "Our wind farm has produced a lot of it.  With ten generators going I
have had to find places for money.  Our accountant has helped me a lot and
That lead me to two boys from the university that were converting autos to
electric power.  They had a new idea of how to do it for long haul trips.
We have perfected their ideas and have patents pending for them.  The idea
is to one day build new cars that run on electric and recharge themselves.
These will take no gas or other carbon fuel."

   This did shock Kimmi.  "Are you going to build new cars?"

   "In the next year or two yes.  We are setting up contracts with local
companies to produce what we need.  Some of those I will also invest in as
well.  But we should have an electric truck in three years.  At least one
that can carry a good load like current long haul trucks.  White Volvo will
build that close to here.  They will pay us for each truck built and we
will do all the research for them to keep improving it."

   She was floored at what all John had been into.  "I am not sure how you
did this without my knowing?"

   "You saw ever bit of it and just did not see it."

   "I am not following you John."

   "Not a dime was spent that you did not enter into the books.  Every
piece of property was entered as was investments.  The jewelry shop showed
the purchase of gold, sliver and gemstones on our books.  Buys I made for
equipment and stock for businesses were all entered by you dear.  Had you
ask me I would have explained them to you, but you never asked."

   She thought back and she had seen these and never asked him.  "Your
right I never did ask.  I knew you were buying buildings, but not why.  I
saw orders for equipment or stock and just figured you were helping
someone. But now I see you were building an empire to be able to support
our family."

   "Well at least you understand why I have gone this way.  I have a lot of
kids to educates and get started in a business.  Now I have places for them
to learn to run a business.  People have to learn all about every part of a
business to run one.  It is not enough to know how to do something, but you
must also understand the other parts of that business to run it.  My two
engineers from the university knew how to build their car.  But they did
not know how to set up a business, buy needed materials, quality control,
production scheduling, sales or customer service.  They had no idea White
would be interested in building a truck version of their design."

   She just shook her head.  "John where did you get all this knowledge?"

   "I worked for large and small companies in my life.  Most were in
manufacturing.  So I learned by doing many things.  But I am also smart and
know where my limits are and there I get others who know what I don't."

   "How did you set up the engineers business?"

   "They have people with stock options running key areas where they don't
have the knowledge.  The only way those options make a person money is if
they grow in value.  So making a profit is the key to everyone to becoming
rich.  If the business succeeds then we will have a few millionaires out of
it.  That includes our accountant and lawyer."

   "Over the last four years you have been a busy man John."

   "Yes, but things are coming to a head now and it will not nearly be as
busy.  I have done what I set out to do and am happy with where I'm at."

   "You should be my man.  I am impressed with what you have accomplished.
But what does it mean for the family?"

   "My best guess is down the road the trust will be worth a few hundred
million.  We will own 30% of the car company and that is of great value. 
Right now they have people crying for dealerships all over the country and
world.  Many of the old auto dealers now want to switch to our new cars. 
Japan, China.  Europe and Korea are discussing licensing our technology
now. If that happens we will be wealthy without selling a single car."

   She just could not get over the hundreds of millions he had spoken
about. "I am not sure I can handle that kind of money John?"

   "That is in the future dear and by then you will handle it fine.  Just
keep in mind always doing what is the right thing.  In any step you take
everyone must win.  If that can't happen then it is the wrong decision."

   She could see what he was saying, but was not sure how to judge that? 
"I see your point, but how do we make sure everyone is winning?"

   "With the businesses I invested in they are now larger and have good
inventories.  The business is at least double the old size.  That means the
value of what they invested is still at least the same.  Sales at each is
far better than double what it was.  So they lost nothing and gained a
larger company.  They have the right to buy me out later if they wish and
just pay rent for the space."

   "Then they are still making the decisions?"

   "Not really as the accountant reports each month on profits.  They learn
what they did wrong and what went right.  If inventory is not turning over
or if sales are dropping on an item they know fast.  I sit in on these
meetings and don't say a lot."

   "Why not speak up?"

   "I don't need to most of the time the people are making good decisions.
If I hear something I don't like I ask questions and let them answer.  That
often changes their minds for them.  But if they are stuck on something and
will not change I often make them a bet.  If their decision pays off I pay
off also, but if not they must pay me."

   She laughed as she had seen him do this here.  "You use the same tools
here all the time.  I have not seen you loose many bets here."

   "I don't loose many with them either.  But it was their business before
I became a partner.  So I also learn things from them."